Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I don’t have the knowledge of physics or math to figure it out, but I suppose we could find something that definitely can rip through someone, like a small cannonball, and figure out how much force it would put on the body, and adjust the mass and size for a baseball and see how much speed you’d need to get that amount of force?
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Cannonballs are insanely OP. Mythbusters shot a small cannon once; it blew entirely through their backstop and went through a few houses before stopping. Your method will result in an overestimate.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s okay, an overestimate provides a bracket: human pitcher not enough, cannon too much. Then it’s a matter of reducing the parameters until they’re barely enough to put the ball through the pitcher.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I was thinking that might be the case, but I’m not sure what would get us closer to the minimum force required to punch holes in someone.
MBech@feddit.dk 1 day ago
I have an idea. We take the richest person in the world, and gradually shoot them with faster and faster baseballs until we have an answer. If, by unlucky circumstances, the person should perish, we take the next richest person.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Great idea! Using real people would just be cruel.
criss_cross@lemmy.world 1 day ago
What if the previous wounds affect the next shot? You’d need a control with the 2nd richest to confirm the target speed with a fresh impact still does it.
Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 day ago
As long as their dimensions are identical, the actual force of a cannonball or a baseball hitting a body isn’t dramatically different, as it’s determined how much force the body can withstand until it’s penetrated. – By measuring the initial velocity and the velocity of the ball leaving the body after penetration, you can calculate the energy required to punch a hole through thad body.