I seem to recall weight is 1/64th cubed or about 1/262144th. This would mean that a 262K pound car (130 tons - loaded hopper?) would approximately be a pound in S.
Still sounds a little heavy but plausible. Ken On 2/10/06, Charles E. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The problem in trying to develop these ratios is time. F-ma and there is > time in a. > > Chuck Smith, > On matters of style swim with the current. > On matters of substance stand like a rock. > Thos. Jefferson (may be paraphrased) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "lne1957" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 9:17 PM > Subject: [S-Scale List] Prototype to scale weight ratio > > > > While I was idling around today I wondered if there was a formula for > > figuring the weight for prototype to scale. If you use 1/64, you would > > have one ton model for a proto car of 40 ton capacity -- that don't > > make!! Then I decided if you could figure volume by using the 64 > > cubed that perhaps it might work for weight -- nope the car would > > weigh less then one half ounce that ain't it either. > > > > WHAT IS THE FORMULA?? > > > > Jim S > > LNE in Tennessee > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
