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Old 05-09-2017, 11:15 AM   #37
Anthony
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
Default Re: Ramming Speed vs Throwing Speed with a side order of Log ST

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Originally Posted by Mark Skarr View Post
As this is a rule of thumb, it really doesn't apply to supers. We have no experience with them, and it would be horribly inaccurate with them. Additionally, as a Supers rule of thumb, you see strong supers throwing massive things great distances, which is more important here than anything applicable to the real world.
All you need to throw things enormous distances is to have a whole lot of excess strength. Twenty yards is unreasonable for something at a weight of 1xBL, but at a weight of 0.2xBL it's pretty plausible.
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Originally Posted by Mark Skarr View Post
A baseball weighs, roughly, 1/3 of a pound. A baseball player with a ST of 12 (Not an unreasonable ST for a baseball player) could throw that ball . . . 522 yards. Which would be 1,044 mph.

I think there's something wrong with the application of your rule of thumb.
Two problems with your math. First is that real world throwing doesn't take 1 second, a 522 yard throw takes about 10 seconds. Second is that muscle force curves drop off with velocity, so that simple rule of thumb does overstate range.
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