> Dr Deuce 264-0909 schrieb:
> > I am not sure.
> >
> > If 90 degrees is straight up, then 65 degrees would be pretty steep, but not
> > impossible.
> >
> > How did you come up with 214 % ?
>
> If you name the gradient in per cent, this means the ratio between
> "going up" and "going forward". In Germany gradients on roads are
> signposted in per cent. In England they signposte the gradient's
> ratio like "1 : 9" or so. (Before the EU regulations came...)
>
> 0 per cent means you only go forward. (Angle 0 degrees)
> Going straight up (90 degrees) is not 100 per cent, this is infinite
> per cent (devide by zero error).
>
> 100 per cent means, you go 1 metre (foot, mile, what ever you want) up
> and at the same time 1 metre (foot, mile, what ever you want) forward.
> This is at an angle of 45 degrees. The English would write "1 : 1"
>
> At 65 degrees, you go 2.14 metres up, when you go 1 metre forward. No
> tracked or wheeled vehicle can do that. You do it when you climb a
> ladder.
>
> Vehicles can climb 65 per cent grades (English: "1 : 1.54") or if
> you want it in degrees: 33 degrees.
>
> In the driver's manual of my Kettenkrad is written, that the Kettenkrad
> can climb a grade of 24 degrees (44 per cent or "1 : 2.3") at combat
> weight on loose sand. With trailer half of this.
>
> Take a ruler and paint an angle of 65 degrees on a piece of paper.
> You'll see immediatelly that this can't climb any vehicle.
>
> Regards
> Andreas
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