How much torque do you think a broom makes? - eviltoast
  • bach37strad @lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Torque is a measurement of rotational force. Brooms would technically have thrust. If I remember my high school physics, a Broom would need at least 980 Newtons of thrust to liftoff your average sized witch.

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          1 month ago

          i mean you have to account for air resistence and you need enough lift to actually fly. and we are not talking about the best aerodynamics here.

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        1 month ago

        Assuming that’s it’s just the normal force of Earth’s gravity at work on the witch, it’s just a case of working Newton’s second backwards with the gravitational “constant” acceleration ≈ 9.8 m/s²:

        F = ma

        980 N = m × 9.8 m/s²

        980 / 9.8 = (m × 9.8) / 9.8, units omitted for text clarity

        100 kg = m

        In other words, op is assuming that an average size witch masses approximately 100kg (or about 220 lbs in fingers, knees, and toes units).

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      So no torque, then? Unless the witches are rotating so fast we can’t perceive it with the human eye, like a car’s wheels travelling alongside you at a particular speed.