ORIGINAL: BMatthews
The idea of scaling the environment is valid but the environmental aspect that needs scaling isn't time but the medium that the model is flying through. If we scaled the density of the medium that we should be able to maintain scale behaviour AND flying speed all at the same time.
No, that wouldn't work in all respects either.. For example take off distance.The
'scale rules' give you a model that takes off in true scale roll distance. Now you put that same model in your higher density air and it will take off in a much shorter distance; much less rolling distance than 'scale' for the plane in question. The plane will also climb at a much steeper angle than scale and turn loop and generally perform all manoeuvres much tighter than scale.
Nope, the only way to make a plane perform 'truly to scale' is if we could scale time.. but we cant, so the real world is a compromise.
Steve