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Lego Batman is the most plausible Batman of them all | Cape Gliding & Grapple Gun | Physics vs Film

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Channel: Martin Archer · 2017 · Science & Technology

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Everyone loves Lego Batman, but he's just a fun version of the character, right? Well in terms of the Physics, it turns out that Lego Batman is the ultimate version of the character when it comes to regular Batman's shortcomings in real life: gliding and grappling.

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00:39 Measuring up Lego Batman
01:38 The Problem with Batman's Gliding
02:33 Lego Batman Gliding
03:09 Breaking the Lego Bat?
04:02 Grapple Gun Gaff
04:44 Lego Batman's Super Strength


Links for more information

Batman Gliding Study
https://physics.le.ac.uk/journals/index.php/pst/article/view/484/289

Lift
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lift_(force)
https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/lift1.html
https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/WindTunnel/Activities/lift_formula.html

Drag
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_equation
https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/drageq.html

ABS properties
http://www.bpf.co.uk/plastipedia/polymers/ABS_and_Other_Specialist_Styrenics.aspx
https://www.matbase.com/material-categories/natural-and-synthetic-polymers/commodity-polymers/material-properties-of-acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene-high-impact-hi-abs.html#properties
http://xahax.com/subory/Spec_ABS.pdf
http://www.matweb.com/reference/compressivestrength.aspx

Grapple Gun
https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-of-the-physics-mathematics-behind-a-compact-handheld-Batman-grappling-gun
http://nerdist.com/why-batmans-grappling-hook-is-actually-a-deadly-weapon/

What if you were shrunk?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkvo-DrU2gM


Music by Kevin MacLeod

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