Re: weight + [TANKS]

["Aahz." <ErickKilmer-at-comcast.net>]

Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos wrote:
> Funny. the other day I was working calculations on the same matter.
> I wanted to figure out if the weight of, say, 100 lb. is "real" in 
> scale 1:6.
> Well, we know that when the scale is doubled, the volume, and 
> therefore the weight is multiplied 8 times. (materials won't matter in 
> the calculations; the weight of steel in a real tank supposedly 
> averages light plywood and heavy lead of batte*ri*es )
>  
> So a tank in the hobby, in scale 1:6 weighs  100 lbs.
> in scale 1:3 it should weigh 100 x 8 = 800 lbs.
> In scale 1:1.5,  800 x 8 = 6,400 lbs.
> And in actual size  1:1  a plywood tank with large batteries should 
> weigh 6,400 x 3.37 = 21,568 lbs. or about 10,000 kgrs, if you will.
>  
> That would be rougly half the weight of a real Tiger tank??
>  

    That crossed my mind but from a different angle. I was wondering 
what the power to weight ratio the models have compared to full scale 
version.

Aahz.