Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:03:27 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: The Vanagon as a standard unit of volume
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exterior volume, or interior volume ?
for interior volume of an odd shape, without hurting it, you just fill it
with ping pong balls or whatever, then remove those and put them in a
properly shaped container that you can use to calculate the volume.
the pool method is good though.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Bawden" <goldfieldgary@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: The Vanagon as a standard unit of volume
> Hmm... Mr. Squirrel, while I like your proposal of the Vanagon as a
> unit of volume, I can't accept your measurements. The space under the
> van is detemined by the size of tires and is therefore subject to
> change. I think the thing to do is to submerge Mellow Yellow in a tank
> with straight sides, measuring the height of water before and after
> the dunking, being sure to open the doors before removal from the
> pool, er, I mean measuring vessel, to be sure you haven't trapped any
> of the Volumetric Determining Liquid within, then report back with the
> correct volume. :^)
>
> Eagerly awaiting your datum,
>
> Gary
>
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>>
>> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:42:42 -0700
>> From: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
>> Subject: The Vanagon as a standard unit of volume
>>
>> As I stood next to a Fleetwood Bounder 38P -- the biggest damn RV I have
>> ever seen, it's like standing next to a billboard -- I wondered how many
>> Vanagons one could fit inside one of those beasts.
>>
>> Assume the Vanagon and the Bounder to be rectangular prisms with the
>> following dimensions:
>>
>> Vanagon: 15' x 6'4'' x 6'1''
>> Bounder 38P: 38'3'' x 12'10'' x 8'
>>
>> (Units are feet-inches.)
>>
>> Based on this, you can pour 6.8 Vanagons into one Bounder.
>>
>> I hereby propose the "Vanagon" as the standard unit of volume.
>>
>> For example: one Vanagon is about 16387 liters. So the 1.9l Vanagon
>> engine shall henceforth be known as the 0.000115, or 115 microvanagon
>> engine. By the same token, the 2.1l engine is now the 128 microvanagon
>> engine.
>>
>> I will leave conversion of the fuel and oil capacities as an exercise
>> for the student. And there'll be none of that tired old furlongs per
>> fortnight silliness. It was funny the first time. The first time was a
>> long, long time ago.
>>
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
>> Bend, OR
>> KG6RCR
>>
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