Re: A question of scale

Popeyesays@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 10/20/99 9:34:47 AM Central Daylight Time,
> tpope@cs.cmu.edu writes:
> 
> <<
>  If I ever actually attempt that project, I'd like to have to good
idea
>  of how big it's 'supposed' to be before I start...
>   >>
> 
> Roughly 97 times as large, so a 1.5" ship model becomes roughly 12
feet one
> inch long. That'll fill your game room!

Where are getting those numbers?  

Let's assume that we're converting to 1/69 scale.  From 1/3000 I get 43
times as
large and at 1/2000 I get 29 times as large.  Or am I doing the math
wrong?

Tom

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Thomas Pope
Human Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
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