USEFUL CONVERSIONS

With a great number of kiters and manufacturers being overseas, the kiting world is just about 100 % metric. U.S. suppliers often still use the English system, so here are some conversion tables…

Distance

One of these to the right equals how many of these below?	Cm	Meter	Kilometer	Inch	Foot	Yard	Mile (Statute)	Nautical Mile
Cm	1.00	100	100,000	2.54	30.48	91.44	---	---
Meter	0.01	1.00	1,000	---	0.305	0.914	1,609.34	1,852
Kilometer	---	0.001	1.00	---	---	---	1.609	1.85
Inch	0.394	39.37	---	1.00	12.00	36.00	---	---
Foot	0.212	3.28	3280.84	0.83	1.00	3.00	5,280.00	6,067.12
Yard	---	1.093	1,093.61	---	0.333	1.00	1,760.00	2,022.37
Mile	---	---	0.621	---	---	---	1.00	1.15
Nautical Mile	----	----	0.54	---	----	---	0.87	1.00

Weight

One of these to the right equals how many of these below?	Gram	Kilogram	Ounce	Pound	Stone*
Gram	1.00	1,000	28.25	453.59	6,350.29
Kilogram	0.001	1.00	0.0283	0.453	6.35
Ounce	0.035	35.27	1.00	16.00	224.00
Pound	---	2.205	0.625	1.00	14.00
Stone*	---	0.157	---	0.071	1.00

* "Stone" is a unit of measure used in the UK to express body weight.

Common Line Tensile Strengths (test)

Kilograms	Pounds
75	165
100	220
150	330
170	374
200	440
210	462
220	484
250	550
270	594

Common Line Lengths

Meters	Feet
18	59
20	66
22	72
25	82
27	89
30	99
35	115
40	132

Last updated 10/13/07

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