Lina's Calc Requests: Lasers, Craters, and a Meteor?

Calc Request 1: Time Slows Down on Caffeine

• Hammy goes overdoes on caffeine
• Lasers move at a snails pace compared to this guy!
• Feat is show at 43 seconds into the video.

STEP 1: Find Distance Travelled by Hammy compared to Laser

• Speed of Hammy = (Distance Hammy Moved) x (Speed of Light) / (Distance the light was away at the point character started moving)

However, we do not need the timeframe for this. We can compare the distance Hammy moved compared to the distance the laser moved.

Hammy starts to move.

Hammy finishes moving.

• Size of Hammy = 13px = 0.21m (Hammy is a red squirrel)
• Distance Hammy moved = 55.2px = 0.892m
• Distance Laser moved = 13px = 0.21m
• Speed of Hammy = 0.892m x 299,790,000m/s / 0.21m = 1.2733e9 m/s, or 4.244 C

Hammy's Speed When Wired = 4.244 C

Calc Request 2: Kung Fu Panda Crater

• A giant crater is formed, shown in the video below.
• Feat starts at 1:14

There is a geese walking on the right, and a pig walking on the left.

STEP 1: Dimensions

• Length of geese = 75 to 110 cm. Average this and you get 0.93m.

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Canada geese range from 75 to 110 cm (30 to 43 in) in length

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• Geese length = 19.3px = 0.93m
• Crater Diameter = 458px = 22.06m; 11.03m radius
• Crater Depth = 76.33px = 3.68m (Assuming 1\6 the length of diameter as crater depths are usually at this ratio)

STEP 2: Volume of Crater

• Using the spherical cap calculator, I get a volume of...

V = 729.3586 m^3, or 729,358,600 cc

STEP 3: Destructive Yield

• Violent Fragmentation = 729,358,600cc x (69J/cc) = 12.03 Tons of TNT
• Pulverization = 729,358,600cc x (214J/cc) = 37.3 Tons of TNT

City Block level

Calc Request 3: Space Pirate Luluco Meteor Calc

STEP 1: Dimensions of Rocket

• Dimensions of rocket tip
• Rocket tip before detachment
• Rocket tip after detachment

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Let's base the rocket+shuttle on the NASA space shuttle

• Length of orbiter = 72px, or 122 feet = 36.6m
• Length of tip of rocket = 40.6px, or 20.64m

STEP 2: Dimensions of Meteor

• Length of tip of rocket = 19.4px = 20.64m
• Diameter of meteor = 2653px = 2822.6m
• Radius of meteor = 1326.5px = 1411.3m

STEP 3: Volume and Destructive Yield

• Volume of Sphere
• Volume = 4/3 x Pi x (Radius^3)
• Volume = 4/3 x 3.1416 x (1411.3^3) = 1.177e10 m^3, or 1.177e16 cc.

The meteor was completely pulverized, as shown here.

Pulverization Yield = (1.177e16 cc) x (214 J/cc) = 2.52e18 Joules, or 6.022e8 Tons of TNT; Mountain level+

Results

• Hammy's Speed When Wired = 4.244 C, At least FTL
• Crater Formation = 12.03 to 37.3 Tons of TNT, City Block level
• Luluco Blows Up A Meteor = 6.022e8 Tons of TNT, Mountain level+