How fast you need to catch a flying cannon ball

[FinbarrX]

We need to figure out how fast a cannon ball can go

 

[Rayfire]

Standard cannonball speeds in the US civil war according to a quick google search were 250 miles per hour, or 111 M/S, which would be subsonic.

From there, it’d all depend on the distance.

10 meters away, according to this calculator, would mean that the reaction speed a character needs to catch a cannonball going that fast is 90 ms, or Peak Human.

It also depends on what you mean by ‘catch’ as well

 

[FinbarrX]

Standard cannonball speeds in the US civil war according to a quick google search were 250 miles per hour, or 111 M/S, which would be subsonic.

From there, it’d all depend on the distance.

10 meters away, according to this calculator, would mean that the reaction speed a character needs to catch a cannonball going that fast is 90 ms, or Peak Human.

It also depends on what you mean by ‘catch’ as well

With 2 hands or one

 

[Rayfire]

With 2 hands or one

If that means they are directly in front of the line of fire, then all you’d need to do is find out the distance of both a (presumably humanoid) characters’ arm extension and rotation to physically block it. There’s no exact number for that I can find right away, so I’ll just go with 2 meters.

Plugging the amount of time a character would have to react at 10 meters distance (90 ms) plus the distance itself (10 meters) into the calculator, then the character would have a speed of 22 m/s, or Superhuman, which basically means they are barely faster than composite human

 

[FinbarrX]

If that means they are directly in front of the line of fire, then all you’d need to do is find out the distance of both a (presumably humanoid) characters’ arm extension and rotation to physically block it. There’s no exact number for that I can find right away, so I’ll just go with 2 meters.

Plugging the amount of time a character would have to react at 10 meters distance (90 ms) plus the distance itself (10 meters) into the calculator, then the character would have a speed of 22 m/s, or Superhuman, which basically means they are barely faster than composite human

Thanks but how about this how strong would you be for crushing a cannon ball

 

[Rayfire]

Thanks but how about this how strong would you be for crushing a cannon ball

Google says they were typically made out of iron, which has a destruction value in the calculations page, which makes this fairly easy

According to this website, cannonballs had a volume of 115cm^3, so now we just need to get the fragmentation value for iron as a minimum, which comes out to 20J/cc

115 * 20 = 2,300 joules, or street level for smaller ones

However, that’d be for crushing a stationary one with your bare hands. If it’s in motion, you’d just have to cancel out the energy it’s moving at, which would be this much, or generally wall level

 

[FinbarrX]

Google says they were typically made out of iron, which has a destruction value in the calculations page, which makes this fairly easy

According to this website, cannonballs had a volume of 115cm^3, so now we just need to get the fragmentation value for iron as a minimum, which comes out to 20J/cc

115 * 20 = 2,300 joules, or street level for smaller ones

However, that’d be for crushing a stationary one with your bare hands. If it’s in motion, you’d just have to cancel out the energy it’s moving at, which would be this much, or generally wall level

You really are good at calcs

 

[FinbarrX]

Google says they were typically made out of iron, which has a destruction value in the calculations page, which makes this fairly easy

According to this website, cannonballs had a volume of 115cm^3, so now we just need to get the fragmentation value for iron as a minimum, which comes out to 20J/cc

115 * 20 = 2,300 joules, or street level for smaller ones

However, that’d be for crushing a stationary one with your bare hands. If it’s in motion, you’d just have to cancel out the energy it’s moving at, which would be this much, or generally wall level

 

[FinbarrX]

how big is Bowsers ship and how much do you need to lift it

 

[Rayfire]

how big is Bowsers ship and how much do you need to lift it

I’m not a huge Mario fan, so I don’t know, but even if I was the interior of it isn’t shown, so we don’t know if it can be considered hollow or not, nor do we have an exact canon size for it.

Generally though, lifting big cruise ships is Class M lifting strength, so then the baseline of that tier would just be used

 

[FinbarrX]

I’m not a huge Mario fan, so I don’t know, but even if I was the interior of it isn’t shown, so we don’t know if it can be considered hollow or not, nor do we have an exact canon size for it.

Generally though, lifting big cruise ships is Class M lifting strength, so then the baseline of that tier would just be used what

I’m not a huge Mario fan, so I don’t know, but even if I was the interior of it isn’t shown, so we don’t know if it can be considered hollow or not, nor do we have an exact canon size for it.

Generally though, lifting big cruise ships is Class M lifting strength, so then the baseline of that tier would just be used

What would Ap will it be for destroying a small castle

 

[Lloydblitzed]

What would Ap will it be for destroying a small castle

you need to calc it obviously

 

[FinbarrX]

you need to calc it obviously

It’s bowsers castle but the photo is a hit messy

 

[Lloydblitzed]

It’s bowsers castle but the photo is a hit messy

If ur talking about the movie feat, it was already calced at City Block level

 

[FinbarrX]

If ur talking about the movie feat, it was already calced at City Block level

No It’s this

 

[Lloydblitzed]

No It’s this

 

[FinbarrX]

Told you it would be messy

 

[Lloydblitzed]

Told you it would be messy

Its a 1-A feat dw

 

[FinbarrX]

Its a 1-A feat dw

Well thanks for trying

 

[FinbarrX]

Well thanks for trying

Its a 1-A feat dw

This is how big the Castle is

 

[TheGatememer]

Without a clear reference (such as a person standing next to it for scale), or a clear image (preferably from multiple angles), it’s impossible to calculate.

 

[FinbarrX]

Without a clear reference (such as a person standing next to it for scale), or a clear image (preferably from multiple angles), it’s impossible to calculate.

Oh

 

[FinbarrX]

Without a clear reference (such as a person standing next to it for scale), or a clear image (preferably from multiple angles), it’s impossible to calculate.

Damm I suck at this