Originally posted by kirkjames1
So, according to the latest trailer of the new movie, Iron Man can now carry up to 4 people. Ok, it is not about his muscle power, just his flying/booster capability, but still, 500lbs can probably be carried by Robin (from the 60's Batman series) alone powering a pedal-copter.
Iron-man lifted/caught an SUV in the first movie while at approx 19% power.
SUV's weigh well over 500lbs.
Originally posted by dadudemonLol.
1. That is not him picking up all 85 tons: it is one side. That's not 85 tons.
2. That is not the same car as the "Amtrak Superliner II". It looks more like that Amtrak Superliner I. However, the proportions are all off. The car is actually much smaller than the real thing...unless Spiderman was 9 feet tall in that image? Notice how the door in the center extends all the way to the opt of the car and the Superliner's are quite small...in comparison to the rest of the car (because those passenger cars are very big).
3. There is quite a bit of disheveling going on in that image and at least some of the mass of that car is missing.
4. The artist's intention could have been a lifting feat of 5 tons (my estimate based on the height of the car being muuuuch lower than a Superliner): it is thin aluminum and fluff. The artist does not necessarily have a spec sheet on the mass/weight of every object every super hero/villain will lift. If the writers wish to indicate a lifting feat, they almost always list that weight. So we do not know if they intended to make a poor and much smaller copy of a Superliner or not.Conclusion: That's not an 85-ton lifting feat. It is much less.
My estimate: 5 tons.
Justifications:
1. It looks similar to but not exactly like a Superliner. Main difference is it is much smaller. Cars of similar size weigh around 10 tons.
2. It is unloaded: no passengers and no bags.
3. It is missing quite a bit of its mass because it is literally falling apart.Conclusion: the car weighs 5 tons.