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#1
11-23-2006, 03:55 PM
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| New Rib I have made a 1:4 scale model of a 7mtr rib which i want to build early next year. The full size rib will weigh approx 500kg. Should the model hull weigh 125kg? which is a quater of the weight....   |
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#2
11-23-2006, 07:15 PM
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| Weight model = Weight full scale / (scale)^3 W model = 500 / (4)^3 W model = 7.81 kg |
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#4
11-24-2006, 01:43 AM
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| ^ means exponent.... (4)^3 means 4x4x4 |
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#6
11-25-2006, 02:28 PM
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| Bravo...right ! 4^3 means 4 exponent 3 = 4 x 4 x 4 4^2 means 4 to square = 4 x 4 = 16 More than that I can't explain, I'm sorry.... |
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