Thoughts & question

[JacktheRipper]

As in trains, there are scaled rulers that measure in scale to reflect 1>1.

Not seeing this in the RC world, and many having calipers capable of mm readings. I wounder if 1/10 scale could be readily converted to 1>1, as in 1ft would be 10mm.

TOL (thinking out loud), what say you? Does not need to be dead nuts, just a close proximity of the measurement. As of now as far as I can tell it is all eyeball.

pep

[Xx Losungen xX]

1/10 scale means...

1cm equals 10cm
1" equals 10"

If you divide 12" by 1cm, you won't get 10mm.

There are 3 common wheelbase manufacturers use and we have come accustomed to so things get murky around trying to get bodies to fit etc.

For example a 4.19 is the scale version of a 42" tire, quite large tire but if you went a 3.00" or 3.3" tire, you'd be dragging your 1/10 scale dif all over the damn place.

[spoo76]

Scale in RC specifically trucks & crawlers is very rarely accurate or consistent.
Most things sold as 1/10 are closer to somewhere between 1/9 and 1/8, then as mentioned is the issue of bodies being stretched or widened to fit popular chassis wheelbases and throwing things off scale. For those reasons I worry less about what's scale accurate as far as numbers and focus on the ol calibrated eyeball

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[Rockin140]

Scale ruler... https://www.blocklayer.com/scale-calculator.aspx


Gearing calculator... https://www.blocklayer.com/rpm-gear.aspx

[JacktheRipper]

For me it more about having a usable reference to scratch build, get a base line for the general proportions. As in the interior, not concerned in regards to allowances made by manufactures. To have a working up and running model, not a rivet counter as they say.

I believe this is the answer that will work for what I'm after.
1cm equals 10cm ??
1" equals 10"





Close enough, thanks all for the responses.

pep