Physics questions about Blockland

[ToxicSpaceSquid]

Few spontaneous questions that I have. I want to measure one of my builds and just want to learn more about how the engine works with block-land as far as numbers go.

How many studs is one meter when lined up and stacked [If there is any way to convert studs to meters]

What units is speed and such measured in. Metric Units or US customary units

What is the acceleration in free fall in the engine.

and where does it hit "Terminal Velocity" because the acceleration is not constant after a certain point when I am falling.

Does the size of the brick determine its weight? If so, is there a cap?

Plus I want to do a ton of math regarding what I learn here so that I can practice physics in nerdy geeky ways.

Thanks!

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[Meta_KnightX]

Well, I was going to say that Blockland physics were awesome because of flying vehicles... but nvm..

[phflack]

units in BL are TU (torque units)
if you wish to convert to meters, I'd recommend using width of legos

1 BL stud is 0.5 TU
1 lego stud is 8 mm
so 0.5 TU is 8 mm, or 1 TU is 16 mm

why must you use meters/feet instead of just using studs? studs makes much more sense in this setting

[jes00]

What units is speed and such measured in. Metric Units or US customary units

Again, Torque Units.

What is the acceleration in free fall in the engine.

and where does it hit "Terminal Velocity" because the acceleration is not constant after a certain point when I am falling.

Both are determined by the player datablock.

Does the size of the brick determine its weight? If so, is there a cap?

Bricks don't have weight. If you're referring to fake killing them, I'm pretty sure they're all the same. But when you fake kill a brick, each client can see the fake killed bricks at different positions because each client handles fake killed bricks separately. The server just tells the clients the initial velocity. There is a max brick size.

[ToxicSpaceSquid]

units in BL are TU (torque units)
if you wish to convert to meters, I'd recommend using width of legos

1 BL stud is 0.5 TU
1 lego stud is 8 mm
so 0.5 TU is 8 mm, or 1 TU is 16 mm

why must you use meters/feet instead of just using studs? studs makes much more sense in this setting

Thank you. And its just for nerd reasons. I wanted to see how my builds pared up to real life. Both down to scale and if they where life size as well.