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Old 26th August 2006 | 11:53
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chasing767
 
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Does anyone have a smart simple way to calculate the climbgradient?

for example, will you clear an obstacle at 5000m that is 500 ft with a climbgradient of 5%? how do you calculate this?
to make things easier...and leave all those feet conversion behind and answer your question directly :

5% gradient gives you 50m / 1 km . at 5000m distance your height will be 5 x 50m = 250m hence you will clear the obstacle by 100 m
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