166 is based on the known dimensions and angle of the roof. The roof consists of half sections of 4x8 foot panels set at a 30 degree angle from horizontal. So, the 8ft long roof triangles trace a distance of 8 times cos(30) along the ground, or 6.93 ft. Each wall is 8 ft wide, so the area of the triangle made by a wall's intersection with the ground and the center point of the hexayurt is 8 times 6.93 divided by 2 (base times height divided by 2). Multiple by 6 to get the total area of the hexayurt.
Bill From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ken winston caine Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 11:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [hexayurt] Legal Status for Hexayurt Constructions ? - Construction Permit Required ? How can that be? Please work out the math for us in a message so we can see it. If you just had an 8-footx8-foot floor area you would have 64 square feet. And with the hexagon made up of SIX (not five) 8-foot walls, you have substantially more than an 8-footx8-foot floor area. Am sure I must have missed an earlier message in this thread, but the square-footage number leaped out at me in this message. For year's I've accepted Vinay's calculation that the traditional hexayurt provides 166 square feet of floor area. I'm pretty sure he's calculated that correctly. But I'm not a math whiz and need to see how you are working out these numbers, if you don't mind. Thanks, ken ----- Original Message ----- From: Ray Kornele <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [hexayurt] Legal Status for Hexayurt Constructions ? - Construction Permit Required ? If you do the math you may find that is not the case. It actually figures out to 41.56928 square feet for the one mane of 5 sheets of plywood. Where the 166 figure came from, but it's WAY off. KrazyKyngeKorny (Krazy, not stupid) On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Bill Wiltschko <[email protected]> wrote: The typical hexayurt is 166 sq ft. Bill -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
