Is this a good formula to find the circumference of a model railroad track curve?
Before you say anything, this has nothing to do with homework
I think I’ve got a good formula for figuring it out, but I just want to run it by anyone else into H0 scale model railroading.
If it took 3 curves to make a 90 degree turn then each piece would be 30 degrees.
If it took 4 curves to make a 90 degree turn then each piece would be 22.5 degrees.
So count the number of pieces it takes to make a 90 degree curve
Divide 90 by the number of track pieces needed
90 degrees / 3 curves = 30 degrees each curve
90 degrees / 4 curves = 22.5 degrees each curve
To make sure it is correct, you times the number of curves by the amount of degrees of each piece, and if the answer is 90, then it is right.
Formula:
X = degrees
Y = per track piece
Z = Track pieces
90X / # of Z needed to make 90X = # of XY
# of Z needed to make 90X x # of XY = 90X
Example:
90 / 3 = 30
3 x 30 = 90
90 / 4 = 22.5
4 x 22.5 = 90
Would this formula be suitable to figure out the circumference of each track piece as long as each curve track used is the same?