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What’s an average sized witch?

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Probably one with under about 980 Newtons weight

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i mean you have to account for air resistence and you need enough lift to actually fly. and we are not talking about the best aerodynamics here.

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13 points

About the weight of a duck.

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I got better.

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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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13 points

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

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8 points

They’ll flap their arms for propulsion

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Using Hocus Pocus as a data sample, Bette Midler is the average sized witch.

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