Thursday, June 17, 2004

Could you outrun a crossbow bolt? How about a 747?


Here's a chart showing the typical speed of various Hollwood chase-scene pursuers, from T-Rexii to Boeing 747s. There were many craptacular things to mock about The Dat After Tomorrow, but most among them was a chase scene in which the protagonists need to outrun ice. This would have been handy then.
90 mph baseball pitch: 40.0 m/s

Stone from Commercial Slingshot: 42.5 m/s

Crossbow Bolt: 45.7 m/s

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