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Re: [Spridgets] No LBC, How to pass the winter

To: "Paul Herder" <p.herder@cox.net>, "'SPRIDGETS'" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] No LBC, How to pass the winter
From: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 06:59:01 -0600
> It might be the early morning and I haven't had my Wheaties yet but the
> Specifications don't make any sense.
> 
> It states it is 1/6 scale but 1/6 of 327 cu. in. is 54.5 cu. in., not the
> 1.1 cu. in. he states.  Even if that is only one cylinder's displacement,
> then 8 times that is 8.8 cu. in..

Square-Cube Law.
If you reduce the linear measurements to 1/6, the 
area of a surface goes down as the square (1/36) and 
the volume goes down as the cube (1/216). Therefore
the displacement is 327/216=1.51.

That is why insects are relatively small. If their length 
doubles, the volume, and hence the weight goes up 
as the cube and an exoskeleton simply cannot support 
it.
David Lieb
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