Originally posted by olunbanks
no he was .. stated to be supersonic .. and 100 times more powerful isnt much faster than that now is it.. ? 😛 and mercury and hermes aint much diffrent either.. a tinyy little diffrence.. thats all.. and what is with the marvel dude's new hair.. is he gay .. 😄
The keyword is WAS.
Superman WAS able to move planets with ease.
Originally posted by olunbanks
no he was .. stated to be supersonic .. and 100 times more powerful isnt much faster than that now is it.. ? 😛 and mercury and hermes aint much diffrent either.. a tinyy little diffrence.. thats all.. and what is with the marvel dude's new hair.. is he gay .. 😄
actually flash statded that he was moving just under light speed , yet he was called supersonic , i'm quite sure that they were both moving at equal speeds or if one was moving at supersonic and the other just underlight speed they would not be able to pull of what they did in the scan , it's acceptable to say that cap was moving at under light speed aswell
Originally posted by DigiMark007
Speed can be:
A. Travel/Flight speed
B. Reaction Time
...presumably, Superman and others can travel over the speed of light (given how fast he leaves our solar system and travels between planets, it would be silly if he couldn't). But their reflexes are nowhere near, say Flash. Or even someone like Quicksilver, who can only reach maybe Mach 5 in travel speed.
Writers are notorious for not specifying what they mean exactly, and sometimes flight speed can be used like reaction time (i.e. speedblitz in fights).
Interestingly enough, in the average human, reaction time is roughly equal to running speed (around 20mph). Flight speed, however, is a whole other ballgame which (for obvious reasons) is hard to figure compared to reflex/agility/running speed.
Seems to me, though, if a character can run/fly at, say, Mach 100, their reaction/reflex speed should be comparable. Otherwise, they could not perceive/respond effectively when at that speed.
(I'd read somewhere once that when fighter pilots are flying close to the ground, they are moving so fast that by the time their eye/brain registers a landmark, they're already like a half-mile past it).
Originally posted by ankur29Technically moving just under light speed is super-sonic.
actually flash statded that he was moving just under light speed , yet he was called supersonic , i'm quite sure that they were both moving at equal speeds or if one was moving at supersonic and the other just underlight speed they would not be able to pull of what they did in the scan , it's acceptable to say that cap was moving at under light speed aswell
Originally posted by ankur29
thats what i was thinking, if you travel from anytihing above 761mph (sound speed) that is called supersonic and under the speed of light is above 761mph
however i also read that 761mph- to mach 4 is supersonic
and mach 5- mach 10 is hypersonic
Hypersonic is generally regarded as about Mach 5 to Mach 10, though there is no hard-n-fast rule about this (technically, Mach 20 or 30 is also hypersonic). Still, there is such a huge gab between hypersonic and lightspeed, that I wondered if new terms are in order:
Trans-hypersonic: say, Mach 20+
Hectosonic: Mach 100+
Kilosonic: Mach 1000+
Regardless, the main thing to remember is: lightspeed = Mach 881,000.
It suggests that in one panel, but then the last panel says "supersonic." Supersonic, as commonly understood, is Not / No where Near lightspeed. As I mentioned before, writers' intent and comic-book physics leave much to be desired.
Pause for thought: the crack of a whip is a miniature sonic boom, ie, the whip tip was moving at supersonic speed. Needless to say, no one in their right mind is gonna believe it was moving near-lightspeed.
Originally posted by Mindship
It suggests that in one panel, but then the last panel says "supersonic." Supersonic, as commonly understood, is Not / No where Near lightspeed. As I mentioned before, writers' intent and comic-book physics leave much to be desired.Pause for thought: the crack of a whip is a miniature sonic boom, ie, the whip tip was moving at supersonic speed. Needless to say, no one in their right mind is gonna believe it was moving near-lightspeed.
couldnt of put it better myself.. 😄