2019 Merchandise & Miscellaneous News Archives

September 10, 2019: The Aerodynamics of Superman's Cape

The website Interesting Engineering has done a write-up on an informal study by a Reddit user (Th3Fa113nCru5ad3r) on whether or not Superman's cape would slow him down, or aid him while in flight, and the results are surprising.

Using tests to simulate Superman flying at high speeds, between Mach .2 and .7, similar to the speeds of a jet, a student tested the impact and graphed the calculations for speed, both with and without a cape, to see the difference.

According to the article, surprisingly, a cape not only doesn't hinder flight, it aids it.

For the full science, including the above pictured graph, head on over to the full article.



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