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Originally Posted by paulcd2000

but how can you convert tilt servo values into degrees. sorry, i'm kinda tired, so i might be being dense

EDIT: Would this work?

                angle= (TILT_SERVO-STOP)*0.75757575;
                distance = HEIGHT_DIFF/atan(angle);

.757575... is the degrees per servo step

I am pretty sure you want tan() and not atan()

Good luck,
Robinson