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15/04/2019 10:45 am
If our gems weighed 1/43 of that of the 1:1 subjects, they'd weigh about 100 pounds.
15/04/2019 12:52 pm
Don't forget Mark, that ours don't have an engine, gearbox, clutch etc., so that will substantially reduce the weight. Aplogies for being so pedantic.
15/04/2019 1:29 pm
You have to divide the weight by 43 cubed.
The model is 43 times shorter, 43 times narrower and 43 times lower than the 1:1.
15/04/2019 2:38 pm
Your math is way off.
A 1:2 car has 1/8 the volume of the prototype.
A 1:43 car is 1/79507 of the prototype. Therefore the mass of a 1:43 weighs about an ounce (16x5000=80000)
15/04/2019 3:34 pm
Thanks guys....this is much clearer now........ 🙂
15/04/2019 5:32 pm
This is why giants, proportional to humans, cannot exist.
Say you double the height. Then you have 8 times the mass. But that mass is supported by only 4 times the cross-sectional area of the bones. They would collapse on broken bones, unless they were, you know, stockier.
15/04/2019 5:34 pm
Probably correct. Even though there are engines, etc., the steel would be 1/43 thickness.
They would crush like aluminum foil if we picked them up.
Topic starter
16/04/2019 3:58 am
Thank you one and all. I can go on with my day now.
16/04/2019 4:32 am
+1
16/04/2019 4:33 am
Which model did you use for your calculation? A Brooklin will give you diiferent results than a Neo.
16/04/2019 11:02 am
Please....no.......be kind..... 🙂
18/04/2019 12:02 pm
ha ha ha