The Flash Swimming Limitations
Dec 5, 2014 5:24:08 GMT
Post by claymore on Dec 5, 2014 5:24:08 GMT
Hi everyone!
I was thinking about this as work today. How fast can the Flash really swim? At first (The Flash being my favorite superhero and all) I assumed he could swim ridiculously awesomely fast. But after thinking about it for awhile I came to this realization. Underwater the flash is reliant upon the speed of the water to redensify in order to generate significant propulsion. Think about it this way, In order to move underwater you must be able to push something, either a substance in the water or water itself. So here is the issue. If the Flash pushes water at regular Flash type speeds the water will be extremely disrupted. Disrupted water takes a moment to resettle, or more than a moment if it is pushed rate that the Flash would push it. Disrupted water makes propulsion extremely difficult, especially so if the water is moving in the same direction as you, and even more so if the water is moving at a similar speed, which it would be because the Flash is the one that would be pushing the water in the first place. My point: The Flash is reliant upon the time that the water takes to become dense enough to generate the propulsion to swim, thus his lightning quick limbs actually make this problem worse the faster that he moves them. Not to mention the increased friction of him moving that quickly in the water would cause an huge increase in the temperature of the water surrounding his body which would also make water much less dense, equaling again, less propulsion. In simple terms, the Flash would generate, if using super-speed, about the same amount of propulsion as a razor blade cutting through the water. Which is not enough to swim effectively.
I was thinking about this as work today. How fast can the Flash really swim? At first (The Flash being my favorite superhero and all) I assumed he could swim ridiculously awesomely fast. But after thinking about it for awhile I came to this realization. Underwater the flash is reliant upon the speed of the water to redensify in order to generate significant propulsion. Think about it this way, In order to move underwater you must be able to push something, either a substance in the water or water itself. So here is the issue. If the Flash pushes water at regular Flash type speeds the water will be extremely disrupted. Disrupted water takes a moment to resettle, or more than a moment if it is pushed rate that the Flash would push it. Disrupted water makes propulsion extremely difficult, especially so if the water is moving in the same direction as you, and even more so if the water is moving at a similar speed, which it would be because the Flash is the one that would be pushing the water in the first place. My point: The Flash is reliant upon the time that the water takes to become dense enough to generate the propulsion to swim, thus his lightning quick limbs actually make this problem worse the faster that he moves them. Not to mention the increased friction of him moving that quickly in the water would cause an huge increase in the temperature of the water surrounding his body which would also make water much less dense, equaling again, less propulsion. In simple terms, the Flash would generate, if using super-speed, about the same amount of propulsion as a razor blade cutting through the water. Which is not enough to swim effectively.
