Scaling a 1:10 car to 1:1?

[Revzrend]

This isn't a very important question but how can you determine what a 1:10 cars top speed and HP would be if it was actually full scale 1:1? Say for instance the car was making 1 hp and toped out a 50mph, what would that be equivalent to if it were full scale 1:1? Is it even possible to figure out, or are there to many variables? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

[WhoKnowsWho]

The probably with scaling is not everything scales correctly. If everything was perfect, the 1/10 scale is about 1/10 the size in 3 dimensions as a real car. But you can't just say a real car could would be the same dimensions, or power cubed. An a-arm made out of composite plastics? Not now... maybe later when materials are a ton better.

A perfect 1/10 scale car would weigh about 300 pounds and have about 20 horsepower if it, or would it? :)

So yeah, it really doesn't work out at all. Instead of a linear increase in weight and power as the size goes up. It's more of an exponential growth in weight and power.

[sosidge]

Scale speeds are 1/10th.

Why?

Because speed is a one-dimensional measurement.

Weights are 1/1000th, because weight is related to volume, a three-dimensional measurement.

So a 50mph r/c goes at the equivalent of 500mph.

[-=ADA$=-]

i thinkked about it some day and noticed that if there are engines that puts out 3hp from 3,5 cc, so 3,5 litre it would have like 3000 hp man that would be so cool