'Widget' Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Hi, I have a 55" wingspan ME-109 and I would like to know what size pilot I would need for it please. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Hi widget, well it goes like this.... The ME 109 had a span of approx 9.87m I think. So first we convert that to inches... 9.87x39=385 (its times 39 because there are approximately 39 inches in a metre) So this tells us that the wingspan of a ME 109 was approximately 385 inches (give or take an inch or two) Now your model has a span of 55 inches - so we can now work out the scale of your model - its just 385/55=7 So your model is about 1:7 scale. Now your average guy is say 5 foot 10 or so, that's 70 inches. So at 1:7 scale 70 inches is 10 inches (just divide by 7). So the answer is: you ideally want a 1:7 pilot, failing that you want a pilot figure that (if he was "complete" and standing up) would be about 10 inches tall. A 1:6 pilot would be OK - it would just be a "tall bloke" similarly you could get away with a 1:8 pilot - it would be a "little bloke"! But 1/7th is the ideal. BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iawnski Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 awesome the brain or what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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