King Klear wrote:
According to Where is the cheat?, The Cheat weights 18 lbs, that means a little more than 8 kg.
Hmm, I forgot about that tidbit. That's less than I was thinking, but certainly reasonable. But then again, the same flyer also says he's 1ft 2in tall, and he's pretty clearly taller than that (as I said before, he's waist-high on most characters, I'd put him as closer to 3ft tall).
King Klear wrote:
edit: How much force did the Poopsmith have to use to perform his whatsitburried flop?
That's a tricky one, since the toon is rather inconsistent with The Cheat's trajectory... in one shot we have The Cheat being thrown up in the air at around 30-45 degrees. Next we have him reaching his apex, a couple of metres from the ground, just above Coach Z, at around the 60ft mark (indicating a final range of around 120ft, less for air resistance), with what looks like a very shallow trajectory (much less than 30-45 degrees). Then in the next shot, he falls from a great hight onto Marzi and Homsar's table, a large distance away from the action. And then The Poopsmith gets a score of "211pts" for the event, whatever that means. Any choice for The Cheat's actual trajectory would be arbitrary, and not match the toon.
However, for the purpose of argument, say that all the actual animation is unreliable, but the "211pts" figure is right, and actually means "211ft", just over 64m. Hey, it's as good as anything.
Now, a lower bound on the launch velocity would be if he was thrown at 45 degrees... any lower or higher, and he'd have to be thrown harder to get the same range. Some manipulation gets us a launch velocity of just over 25m/s. Which, with our 8kg figure gives us a kinetic energy of over 2500J and an impulse of just over 200Ns. Which is a lot. With my previous guess of 15kg, it'd be nearly double that. And, as mentioned, if the launch wasn't at 45 degrees, then it'd be even higher.