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It feels so weird to scroll down and see the product sheet with feet and inches. And is the plane really only 99 inches long? Is metric used to actually desig

It feels so weird to scroll down and see the product sheet with feet and inches. And is the plane really only 99 inches long? Is metric used to actually design the plane, or does Skunkworks still use US customary measurements?

sakras 3y ago
Given that it’s 14ft tall, I’d say no, though I agree they could’ve made it clearer. It says 99’7 In, or 99 feet and 7 inches (ideally, it would be 99’7”).
darkwizard42 3y ago
Weird design I think, I think it means to be 99 ft. long, but the label isn't there...
et-al 3y ago
The diagram confusingly lists the length as 99'7 in. Don't know why they mixed the single tick (feet) and written inches notation. Your question did make me think of the Boom XB-1; a scaled down version of a passenger jet that I'm skeptical will ever fly commercially.
- justinator 3y ago
  Ah! I think I've seen that in person! This plane? https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp-YjLNDUf6/ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp-YjLNDUf6/
knifie_spoonie 3y ago
> And is the plane really only 99 inches long? I'm guessing it should read 99ft 7in. That would put it at just over 3m, which still seems pretty small to me.
- pmuk 3y ago
  99ft 7in is 30.353m
  - susrev 3y ago
    "Hey Siri, what is 99ft 7in in meters"
- bee_rider 3y ago
  My trick to convert to meters from feet is: just convert it to yards and ignore the difference.
  - quattrofan 3y ago
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  - noir_lord 3y ago
    Convert to yards and subtract 10%. Easy mental math and much closer.
    - OJFord 3y ago
      Or just go straight to 30%? (Take 10% & multiply by 3) Seems easier to remember the one number than 'divide by 3 for yards then subtract 10% for meters', assuming you have no use for yards. (I use yards colloquially, but never as a measurement.)
- SideburnsOfDoom 3y ago
  > I'm guessing it should read 99ft 7in. Yep. > That would put it at just over 3m Nope.
nixass 3y ago
It's better than football fields ar least
- unwind 3y ago
  Nah, 1,383/5,000th football fields (US) should be pretty clear to most people.
dcl 3y ago
I thought exactly the same thing.
nocoiner 3y ago
> And is the plane really only 99 inches long? Can it fly from New York’s Idlewild Airport to the Belgian Congo in 17 minutes?

sakras 3y ago

Given that it’s 14ft tall, I’d say no, though I agree they could’ve made it clearer. It says 99’7 In, or 99 feet and 7 inches (ideally, it would be 99’7”).

darkwizard42 3y ago

Weird design I think, I think it means to be 99 ft. long, but the label isn't there...

et-al 3y ago

The diagram confusingly lists the length as 99'7 in. Don't know why they mixed the single tick (feet) and written inches notation. Your question did make me think of the Boom XB-1; a scaled down version of a passenger jet that I'm skeptical will ever fly commercially.

justinator 3y ago
Ah! I think I've seen that in person! This plane? https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp-YjLNDUf6/ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp-YjLNDUf6/

knifie_spoonie 3y ago

> And is the plane really only 99 inches long? I'm guessing it should read 99ft 7in. That would put it at just over 3m, which still seems pretty small to me.

pmuk 3y ago
99ft 7in is 30.353m
- susrev 3y ago
  "Hey Siri, what is 99ft 7in in meters"
bee_rider 3y ago
My trick to convert to meters from feet is: just convert it to yards and ignore the difference.
- quattrofan 3y ago
  [dead]
- noir_lord 3y ago
  Convert to yards and subtract 10%. Easy mental math and much closer.
  - OJFord 3y ago
    Or just go straight to 30%? (Take 10% & multiply by 3) Seems easier to remember the one number than 'divide by 3 for yards then subtract 10% for meters', assuming you have no use for yards. (I use yards colloquially, but never as a measurement.)
SideburnsOfDoom 3y ago
> I'm guessing it should read 99ft 7in. Yep. > That would put it at just over 3m Nope.

nixass 3y ago

It's better than football fields ar least

unwind 3y ago
Nah, 1,383/5,000th football fields (US) should be pretty clear to most people.

dcl 3y ago

I thought exactly the same thing.

nocoiner 3y ago

> And is the plane really only 99 inches long? Can it fly from New York’s Idlewild Airport to the Belgian Congo in 17 minutes?