<div dir="ltr">Hi Hank,<div><br></div><div>I remember wondering about the same thing. My theory is that because the physical properties of materials remain constant, in relative terms materials are higher performing the smaller your model. Think of a simple little single-cylinder gas engine for RC planes... it'll run at close to 20,000 rpm forever without complaint. Anyway, just my theory.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br>Alec</div><div><br></div><div> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 1:52 PM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all<br>
If you make a scale model of a submarine in complete detail. Scale the size and metal thickness, is it a reasonable representation of depth capabilities when pressure tested?<br>
Hank<br>
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