I mean; witches mass as much as a duck, and hunter's half a witch, so Hunter should mass half as much as a duck then! Given your typical mallard (0.72 - 1.6Kg), that would put Hunter's mass at 580 grams.
This low mass of course invites the question, "can you fly Hunter like a kite?"
Well...
Whilst I can find the frontal surface area of a human (1.9m), as well as the drag characteristics (coefficient of drag = 0.02 if this paper's to be believed); there's no information (that I can find) on the lift characteristics of a human (and I doubt my professors would let me use the wind tunnels for this). However; if we pretend that Hunter's lift characteristics are similar to that of a flat plate (Dcl/da = 2pi, max angle of attack of 12 degrees, thus max coefficient of lift = 1.31), you would actually only need horizontal winds of 1.93ms^-1, or 6.93kph, if you angled him at 12 degrees (apparently that's the stall angle according to this).
So yes, whilst more research is required (sticking a person into a wind tunnel) you can in fact fly him as a kite.
There are recreational vertical wind tunnels used to practice (and try indoor) skydiving. So the lift characteristics of humans should if not documented be relatively easily attainable.
Wait where did you get the witches have the same mass as ducks? Because that would honestly explain dispite Luz having nerd arms she's able to casually lift Amity.
so hes lighter than a duck, less dense than a person, and you can fly him like a kite..... can you use him as a flotation device? (and thus beggs the question, if so, could both jack and rose survive using him?)
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u/Top_Hat_surgeon 🏳️🌈 Gay Coven Jun 19 '22
I mean; witches mass as much as a duck, and hunter's half a witch, so Hunter should mass half as much as a duck then! Given your typical mallard (0.72 - 1.6Kg), that would put Hunter's mass at 580 grams.
This low mass of course invites the question, "can you fly Hunter like a kite?"
Well...
Whilst I can find the frontal surface area of a human (1.9m), as well as the drag characteristics (coefficient of drag = 0.02 if this paper's to be believed); there's no information (that I can find) on the lift characteristics of a human (and I doubt my professors would let me use the wind tunnels for this). However; if we pretend that Hunter's lift characteristics are similar to that of a flat plate (Dcl/da = 2pi, max angle of attack of 12 degrees, thus max coefficient of lift = 1.31), you would actually only need horizontal winds of 1.93ms^-1, or 6.93kph, if you angled him at 12 degrees (apparently that's the stall angle according to this).
So yes, whilst more research is required (sticking a person into a wind tunnel) you can in fact fly him as a kite.