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islander · « **on:** July 10, 2012, 06:41:15 PM »

Batman could fly, but he'd crash and die

Reuters
07/10/2012

LONDON, United Kingdom - Holy crash landing Batman! The crime-fighting caped crusader could fly but if he did, he would smash into the ground and probably die, a group of British physics students have calculated.

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islander · « **Reply #1 on:** July 10, 2012, 06:43:07 PM »

Dashing the dreams of comic fans across the world, four students from the University of Leicester said that while Batman could glide using his cape as he does in the 2005 film "Batman Begins", his landing would almost certainly prove fatal.

The superhero is back in cinemas later this month in "The Dark Knight Rises" and they suggested Batman should go shopping before trying a similar attempt to become airborne over Gotham City.

"If Batman wanted to survive the flight, he would definitely need a bigger cape," said David Marshall, 22, one of the students in the final year of their four-year Master of Physics degree.

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islander · « **Reply #2 on:** July 10, 2012, 06:56:31 PM »

"Or if he preferred to keep his style intact he could opt for using active propulsion, such as jets to keep himself aloft."

flying jetpack

In a paper titled "Trajectory of a falling Batman", the group argued that if he jumped from a 150-meter (492-foot) high building, the 4.7 meter (15-foot) wingspan of Batman's cape would allow him to glide 350 meters (1148 feet).

However, he would reach a speed of 68 miles per hour (109 km per hour) before hitting the ground at a life-threatening speed of 50 mph.

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islander · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2012, 07:03:40 PM »

HOLY freefall Batman, The Joker would have a good laugh at this.

The Caped Crusader landed on a house in Aviemore, in the Cairngorms, yesterday, and then had to wait for locals to help him down.

more at http://www.newscorners.com/batman-stuntman-lands-on-roof-in-scotland/

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #4 on:** July 10, 2012, 08:02:22 PM »

Holy crash landing Batman! The crime-fighting caped crusader could fly but if he did, he would smash into the ground and probably die, a group of British physics students have calculated.

I don't want to second-guess how much realism is demanded by modern day kids, but I suppose we adults have to be clear-eyed about the veritable divide that sets science apart from art and its progeny, legal ones and bastards alike, and in this wise wish to remind well-meaning commentators on this issue of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's old standby of a concept, that one on "the willing suspension of disbelief".

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