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| DragonBall Theory #3 (2 pages) Thanks to Leda Chan for providing us with this theory.Unlike the other theories, though, this one deals more with math than science. (Quick warning: this is going to be kinda long, so if you need to go >to the bathroom, do it now.) > > Ok, we all know that the guys (and girls) on DBZ >can fly. Most people just brush it off and say > "Oh it's just something they do." A lot of people >have told me that the chars can do it because > they're aliens, but I've always had my doubts on >that. After all, Gohan taught Videl how to fly, > and she'd only ever done average fighting. > > I never really gave this subject a whole lot of >thought until one particular moment when I was > watching the first battle between Zarbon and >Vegeta on Namek. Even though I had gotten > caught up in the fighting, as usual, something >about Vegeta caught my eye. He was badly > injured, and yet he still had a controlled decent >while reminding himself that he was a saiyan. I > began to wonder why he fell so slowly. > > Ok, we all learned in physics class that energy >cannot be created or destroyed, but will instead > change forms. This ties into the fact that the >DBZ fighters rely heavily on ki. Ki is, of course, > another word for life energy. Everyone has ki. >The DBZ guys have just fine-tuned themselves > enough to be able to manipulate it. Like we >learned in science class, energy can't be created or > destroyed, it just changes. When Goku blasts a >Kamehameha at an enemy, he doesn't just pluck > it out of nowhere. It's his ki. He changed the >form of his life energy into something that can be > used as a weapon. I know that most people already >know this, but it's going to be important in a > minute. > > This is part of unlocking the secret of how the >guys fly. Another thing we learned in our science > classes was that gravity pulls at a rate of 32 >feet per second. To word that differently, it's a set > rate of downward force that has to be resisted. >This takes us again back to how ki works. > Estimating off the top of my head, let's guess >that Vegeta weighs 180 lbs. In order for him to > hover, he has to emit his ki down with enough >force to keep his own weight (180 lbs) from > falling at 32 feet per second. If he does less >than that, he's going to fall, but not necessarily > quickly. That's how he had that controlled decent >when he was fighting Zarbon, because he was > giving an energy output slightly less than the >pull of gravity. > > Let's assume for a moment that Namek had the same >gravity as Earth: 32 feet per second. We've > determined that Vegeta didn't just drop like a >rock, he just slowly drifted down. That would mean > that he was cancelling out gravity almost, but >not quite, we'll say 31 feet per second. Doing the > math on this, 32 - 31 = 1, and that's exactly >what he did: he fell about 1 foot every second. > > This is the main secret to how the DBZ fighters >fly. To hover, they push their ki downwards at a > rate of 32 feet per second, in order to counter, >or cancel out, gravity. Anyone here remember the > scene on Namek when Krillin was trying to stall >Vegeta outside of Guru's house? Anyone that > does will remember that when Vegeta approached >Krillin, he sent those energy waves away from > his back. That, again, was his ki. The difference >is that in this situation, he used his ki to nudge > himself forward as he hovered. That means that he >was pushing down by a factor of 32, and from > behind by 1. Vegeta in particular is especially >talented, because if you pay attention to the way > he flies while he battles, he has a habit of >spinning. That means that down for him is > constantly changing direction, so he's constantly >having to switch which way he puts out his > ki to cancel out gravity. |