Whoever said physics was a waste of time with no relevance to the real world will have to eat their hats, after a group of British physics students, spent hordes of tax payers money, to prove that Batman could fly but that he'd probably crash and die -
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.
"Or if he preferred to keep his style intact he could opt for using active propulsion, such as jets to keep himself aloft."
In
a paper titled "Trajectory of a falling Batman", the group argued that
if he jumped from a 150-metre (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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