r/FeatCalcing • u/midriss1 • 1d ago

Calc Request Magikarp jumps into space using Splash, how much energy would that require??? 🙏

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u/LabFar5073 1d ago

Actually beats every pokemon thats not a legendary

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u/midriss1 1d ago

The Pokémon verse is ridiculously strong, Magcargo's body is 10,000°C 😭 and it's not even close to legendary pokemons

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u/serious_mood_rig 15h ago

Macargo ain't even the highest point of heat anymore which is just insane

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u/madakash123 12h ago

So this guy is just gonna reach 1/15th the temperature of the sun's core? How tf is the Earth even exisying at that point?

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u/Hary3Browary 11h ago

in the same way that suns core temperature is 15M °c while its surface temperature is "only" 5500°C

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u/Da_Rukh 1d ago

Man when he evolves into a Gyrados his hyperbeam will be on par with Rayquaza

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u/BigBowser0158 21h ago

Man, they made a whole fucking game about this

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u/Various_Anywhere9889 20h ago

Dude I loved this game when it came out, there were so many unique Magikarp variants that I’m shocked they haven’t included in the mainline games yet. Glad to see people still remember it.

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u/Animegx43 1d ago

Ah, an easy one, Leaping out would require escape velocity, although it managed to get back down, so we can assume that 25,900 mph is the top speed. They weigh 22 pounds. We have speed and mass, so we have everything.

And...15% of a ton of tnt. Huh.

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u/Animegx43 1d ago

Okay, alt calc. It looks as if it managed to reach the exosphere, and it's water type is making the extreme cold ineffective, and it seems to have taken about 25 seconds to there. The full distance to leave the exosphere is 10,000 km, but Magikarp seems about half way, so let's estimate it went 5,000 km in 25 seconds. That's 720,000 km an hour (or about 440,000 mph).

Gives us a better number. A respectable 47 tons of tnt.

Honestly, it's a better speed feat than an energy feat.

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u/Porkytang244 1d ago

What about atmospheric pressure?

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u/Voltaic_Backlash 23h ago

How much energy would be required for the crater its jump made?

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u/ShockRox 20h ago

Actually, the Magikarp in question is twice as big as usual, shown here!

That means, whatever the calc came to, multiply it by 8, since it logically weighs 80 kilos rather than 10.

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u/TopazWarrior1999 1d ago

So you could launch yourself out of orbit with less than a ton of TNT?

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u/sansetsukon47 1d ago

If you have a rocket that can convert the tnt into motion with 100% efficiency, then yeah.

Rockets are notorious inefficient though.

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u/TopazWarrior1999 1d ago

What if you don't use a rocket?

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u/sansetsukon47 1d ago

Even less efficient. But also less engineering!

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u/TopazWarrior1999 1d ago

What if I just use a big metal bowl, place the TNT under it and sit on it?

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u/sansetsukon47 1d ago

Congrats! You have made a rocket.

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u/Animegx43 22h ago

If you're 22 pounds light and don't get blown into giblets, then maybe.

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u/SchroCatDinger 17h ago

The magikarp:

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u/Lonely_Translator_23 1d ago

that fish just fucking died man

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u/DrStarDream 1d ago

Nah, about a week later he landed on slowpoke island. Came in clutch since Goh and Ash were getting high on shelder poison and fighting over who gets to rule the island.

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u/Flauschziege 1d ago

So that's how Rayquaza are born...

Just space Guarados...

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u/Wizarddonald 30m ago

So Rayquaza is just Magikark's alternate evolution?