• AliasVortex@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Assuming that’s it’s just the normal force of Earth’s gravity at work on the witch, it’s just a case of working Newton’s second backwards with the gravitational “constant” acceleration ≈ 9.8 m/s²:

    F = ma

    980 N = m × 9.8 m/s²

    980 / 9.8 = (m × 9.8) / 9.8, units omitted for text clarity

    100 kg = m

    In other words, op is assuming that an average size witch masses approximately 100kg (or about 220 lbs in fingers, knees, and toes units).

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      12 hours ago

      That’s not enough for flight, only enough to nullify gravity. It makes sense OP would leave some trust for acceleration