Originally posted by Mindship
If Iron Man has such advanced armor tech (being able to generate all sorts of beams and fields), why does he still fly using heel rockets? Why not some kind of antigravity or electromagnetic fields, or for that matter, modified repulsor beams? Rockets are so...old-fashioned.
maybe its just what he's comfortable using...
Re: Iron Man
Originally posted by Mindship
If Iron Man has such advanced armor tech (being able to generate all sorts of beams and fields), why does he still fly using heel rockets? Why not some kind of antigravity or electromagnetic fields, or for that matter, modified repulsor beams? Rockets are so...old-fashioned.
Actually:
Boot Jets incorporate high-speed dual-source turbines in the boots coupled with gravi-magnetic propulsion for flight.
The primary way of travel for Iron Man is of course flight. Several systems cooperate to allow efficient flight. A less forceful version of the structural integrity force field, which allows Iron Man to shift hundreds of tons after all, can "push" against the Earth’s own electromagnetic field and keep the armor aloft. It also allows Iron Man to fly at speeds of up to about 200 miles per hour. Incorporated into the boots of the armor, however, are small, but very powerful jets which can propel Iron Man at a speed of about Mach 8. They provide enough power to lift a load of about 500 tons. Recently, the Iron Man armor has been utilizing repulsor-based propulsion systems, possibly for energy-efficiency reasons.
Re: Iron Man
Originally posted by Blair Wind
Boot Jets incorporate high-speed dual-source turbines in the boots coupled with gravi-magnetic propulsion for flight.The primary way of travel for Iron Man is of course flight. Several systems cooperate to allow efficient flight. A less forceful version of the structural integrity force field, which allows Iron Man to shift hundreds of tons after all, can "push" against the Earth’s own electromagnetic field and keep the armor aloft. It also allows Iron Man to fly at speeds of up to about 200 miles per hour. Incorporated into the boots of the armor, however, are small, but very powerful jets which can propel Iron Man at a speed of about Mach 8. They provide enough power to lift a load of about 500 tons. Recently, the Iron Man armor has been utilizing repulsor-based propulsion systems, possibly for energy-efficiency reasons.
Any idea how much kilowattage / megawattage IM can generate? Along with knowing his bodyweight (how much does IM weigh?), I could calculate a ballpark figure of how fast he "should" be able to go.
