with a mathimatical mind?

state your problem - I am sure somebody will give it a go.

dave

I've prepared a doc on basic trig to go on my site. Reason being it's come in handy with the chassis. Just want someone in the know to vet it before it goes online. Any takers?

I'll give it a go! not promising anything though. Good practice for my Maths A-levels...

Andy

Andy, cheers muchly. It's only a simple one though, more like GCSE.

don' t downlaod the pdf as it's wrong. see page 2 for the right one.

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this is a useful site

used it to calc my front susp geometry


atb

steve

http://www.1728.com/trig.htm

All looks good. Very clear, you should write text books for a living!
Without meaning to be nosey, what are you using the trig for?

Andy

Bookmark made.

I had downloaded the Machinists Calculator, but it was a trial version and the license has expired. Cheers, very handy.

all you need is "Silly Old Harry, Caught A Herring, Trawling Off Africa", and a calculator, and you're off to a good start! And remember that the root of 2 is 1.414141. Helps you work out the length of fiagonal bracing.

but assuming the maths is correct, the theory seems ok. Maybe a bit complex for car builders though?!

actually, isnt the opposite and adjacent defined by where they are in relation to the angle in question, not by length as stated in the second paragraph?! this woudl have a significant difference to the result.

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lengths and angles of the tubes. Have made a few mods, nothing too significant, but am at a stage where I know what's left to go on and don't really need to use the book for reference. Besides, it's good prctice.

or a soaking toe. soh cah toa

Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, suddenly not sure about opp and adj. can anyone throw any light on the matter?

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yep, you're right

http://www.math.com/tables/algebra/functions/trig/overview.htm

will amend accordingly

ooops, should have noticed that!!

Well at least i've got an excuse. It's been 10 years since I was in a math class not paying attention.

Whoooooosh! there goes another one.
I had to look didn't I?
http://www.geocities.com/strohmathpage/MathMusic/page1.html
Page 2's a barrel of laughs as well.

Not looked at the links, but I'm sure 'opposite' and 'adjacent' are exactly what they say on the tin... ie the sides opposite and adjacent to the angle you are measuring. The remaining side is the hypotenuse (spelt correctly?).

Chris

Yeah, you're absolutely right. The hypotenuse is always the longest side and the opp and adj are relative to the angle in question.

Anyone able to vet MKII?

All seems very thorough - and as far as I can see correct.

Second time lucky. Cheers everyone.