Anyone know the conversion for HO and real life?

[dinwitty]

on average for grades, my standard 3% grade...1 inch up every 3 feet, while doing planning.

[Anonymous]

This may also be of interest.

1 HO scale mile = 60.5 real feet

To find actual feet per mile of other scales, just divide 5280 by the scale ratio.
Example
HO --- 5280 divided by 87 = 60.5 real ft.

[Anonymous]

this should help:

http://www.urbaneagle.com/data/RRconvcharts.html

[gvdobler]

bnsf97

One HO foot is 1/87th of a foot if you want to look at it another way.

One eight of an inch x 8 = 1 inch, There are 96 1/8th inches in a foot.

So an HO foot is just a hair bigger that an 1/8th of an inch. I agree it is much easier with an HO ruler or whatever scale you are dealing with, but I hope you got the info you needed.

Speak up if you still need info, sometimes we are cryptic, or answer in ways that assume you already know certain things.

I answered someone one day and they let me know that they were no beginner, so that's one reason everyone is shy about too much info.

Jon - Las Vegas [:D]

[MisterBeasley]

The conversion from HO to real life usually starts with, "Honey, can you take out the garbage now..." [:D]

[cwclark]

1 foot in real the real world = 87 feet in the HO world..I have found that using a steel scale ruler (walthers and most LHS carry them)..is the best way to measure..they convert O, HO, and N scale into real world measurements and have conversion chats on them for drill bit size, metric sizes, and stuff like that...it's a good investment especially if you scratch build ....Chuck

[Anonymous]

Thanks, I knew the 1/87 part but not the scale foot to 1ho foot. Thankyou, Ben

[dehusman]

HO scale is 1 scale foot = 3.5 mm, that is a ratio of 1:87.1
If you look around you can find a dial caliper for under $30. That, $10 calculator and the 1:87.1 ratio is all you'll need.

Dave H.

[ericsp]

One real foot is 87 HO scale feet.

[Anonymous]

Just wondering if anybody knows the conversion rate for a real foot for HO.

real life1ft = blank inches, centimeters, milimeters...whatever.