Totally Confused! Please Help!
Posted: 29 Sep 2021, 02:53
Working with HO. Just started using this software today, so still learning.
I'm designing a layout for a big room of about 36x57', but the layouts have to be pushed to the walls because its a classroom.
I laid out 1,912.43 inches of track in a section that winds back and forth in switchbacks. The track drops 48 inches in that length. The software is saying this is a 25.1% grade. That seems wrong.
A track calculator online gives me 2.51% grade.
What am I doing wrong?
Is the software wrong?
Also, put in a helix with a rise of 24" using 24" diameter track. The software is telling me I need 79 loops and 11,912.92" of track and 1,264 pieces of track for a 2% grade.
Any advice is appreciated!
I'm designing a layout for a big room of about 36x57', but the layouts have to be pushed to the walls because its a classroom.
I laid out 1,912.43 inches of track in a section that winds back and forth in switchbacks. The track drops 48 inches in that length. The software is saying this is a 25.1% grade. That seems wrong.
A track calculator online gives me 2.51% grade.
What am I doing wrong?
Is the software wrong?
Also, put in a helix with a rise of 24" using 24" diameter track. The software is telling me I need 79 loops and 11,912.92" of track and 1,264 pieces of track for a 2% grade.
Any advice is appreciated!