If a potato travels at 1000mph, will it bake?

^ Yeah basically, thats what this topic is about.........

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Hm I would think so. I really have no clue though.

Chuck Norris once threw a potato 1000 mph and it burn up in the sun.

Chuck Norris once threw a potato 1000 mph and it burn up in the sun.

CHOASXIII

LOL

Chuck Norris once threw a potato 1000 mph and it burn up in the sun.

CHOASXIII

[QUOTE="CHOASXIII"]

Chuck Norris once threw a potato 1000 mph and it burn up in the sun.

Bloodseeker23

LOL

i dont think a potato has enough mass to reach 1000 mph

its terminal velocity is probably well below that

i dont think a potato has enough mass to reach 1000 mph

its terminal velocity is probably well below that

Whatuptho

Thanks

It would probably tear apart.

It won't bake, it'll disintergrate.

Ohhh.....will it explode though?

It won't bake, it'll disintergrate.

stevoqwerty

Is there a velocity at which the potato could achieve baking status though?

Send it into Mythbusters.

If you travel at 1000mph, will you bake?Deihjan

Since you haven't specified any conditions for the environment the potato is traveling through, I'm assuming it's in a vaccuum so like in space or something. If that is the case, it would probably explode because it has water in it and there would be 0 atmosphere... but ignoring that fact for a minute, the potato would have no air resistance so it could travel near the speed of light and still not bake. So you could get the potato going 99% the speed of light and then if it entered Earth's atmosphere it would definitely bake then. In fact, it'd be going so fast, it'd probably bake to the point that it turned to plasma and then flew through the Earth and disrupted the core and cause the planet to rip a hole in the space/time continuum and then it'd create a black hole and destroy the Earth.

So... to answer your question... if a potato went too fast, it would destroy the planet. Do you really want to be responsible for that? I don't think so. Don't try this at home.

Since you haven't specified any conditions for the environment the potato is traveling through, I'm assuming it's in a vaccuum so like in space or something. If that is the case, it would probably explode because it has water in it and there would be 0 atmosphere... but ignoring that fact for a minute, the potato would have no air resistance so it could travel near the speed of light and still not bake. So you could get the potato going 99% the speed of light and then if it entered Earth's atmosphere it would definitely bake then. In fact, it'd be going so fast, it'd probably bake to the point that it turned to plasma and then flew through the Earth and disrupted the core and cause the planet to rip a hole in the space/time continuum and then it'd create a black hole and destroy the Earth.

So... to answer your question... if a potato went too fast, it would destroy the planet. Do you really want to be responsible for that? I don't think so. Don't try this at home.

df853

If that's true potato cannons should be illegal. :o

:P

[QUOTE="df853"]

Since you haven't specified any conditions for the environment the potato is traveling through, I'm assuming it's in a vaccuum so like in space or something. If that is the case, it would probably explode because it has water in it and there would be 0 atmosphere... but ignoring that fact for a minute, the potato would have no air resistance so it could travel near the speed of light and still not bake. So you could get the potato going 99% the speed of light and then if it entered Earth's atmosphere it would definitely bake then. In fact, it'd be going so fast, it'd probably bake to the point that it turned to plasma and then flew through the Earth and disrupted the core and cause the planet to rip a hole in the space/time continuum and then it'd create a black hole and destroy the Earth.

So... to answer your question... if a potato went too fast, it would destroy the planet. Do you really want to be responsible for that? I don't think so. Don't try this at home.

SuperBobz

If that's true potato cannons should be illegal. :o

:P

IT would just distingrate.

Since you haven't specified any conditions for the environment the potato is traveling through, I'm assuming it's in a vaccuum so like in space or something. If that is the case, it would probably explode because it has water in it and there would be 0 atmosphere... but ignoring that fact for a minute, the potato would have no air resistance so it could travel near the speed of light and still not bake. So you could get the potato going 99% the speed of light and then if it entered Earth's atmosphere it would definitely bake then. In fact, it'd be going so fast, it'd probably bake to the point that it turned to plasma and then flew through the Earth and disrupted the core and cause the planet to rip a hole in the space/time continuum and then it'd create a black hole and destroy the Earth.

So... to answer your question... if a potato went too fast, it would destroy the planet. Do you really want to be responsible for that? I don't think so. Don't try this at home.

df853

OHHHHHHH......um.....thanks but I was asking if it traveled 1000 miles an hour not at the speed of light.

if the potato had the ability to withstand the drag force applied to it, then it would. If i remember correctly, shockwaves after passing mach1 speeds cause rapid temperature increases. So it would bake faster :)

Depends on where it is. If it's in the Earth's atmosphere, it wouldn't bake but instead it would explode with a sonic boom after a short moment of travel.

IT would just distingrate.

rockerbikie

Since you haven't specified any conditions for the environment the potato is traveling through, I'm assuming it's in a vaccuum so like in space or something. If that is the case, it would probably explode because it has water in it and there would be 0 atmosphere... but ignoring that fact for a minute, the potato would have no air resistance so it could travel near the speed of light and still not bake. So you could get the potato going 99% the speed of light and then if it entered Earth's atmosphere it would definitely bake then. In fact, it'd be going so fast, it'd probably bake to the point that it turned to plasma and then flew through the Earth and disrupted the core and cause the planet to rip a hole in the space/time continuum and then it'd create a black hole and destroy the Earth.

So... to answer your question... if a potato went too fast, it would destroy the planet. Do you really want to be responsible for that? I don't think so. Don't try this at home.

df853

This was the perfect answer. Nothing else will do.

[QUOTE="rockerbikie"]

IT would just distingrate.

[QUOTE="Deihjan"]

[QUOTE="rockerbikie"]

IT would just distingrate.

rockerbikie

It won't bake, it'll disintergrate.

stevoqwerty

i wonder then if disintergrated potatoes taste as good as smashed potatoes

[QUOTE="stevoqwerty"]

It won't bake, it'll disintergrate.

_R34LiTY_

i wonder then if disintergrated potatoes taste as good as smashed potatoes

[QUOTE="stevoqwerty"]

It won't bake, it'll disintergrate.

_R34LiTY_

i wonder then if disintergrated potatoes taste as good as smashed potatoes

One thing is for sure, it wouldn't taste better than mashed potatoes.

Unlikely, since the friction heat would all be on the leading surface of the... uh... potato?xaos

Why did that sound so dirty? Is it just because you said it, or because I read it?

Ohhh.....will it explode though?

samuraisage

Will it blend?

Once the thing got to around 768mph (speed of sound) then broke the sound barrier, the resulting pressure wave would destroy the thing anyway, so no, it would'nt bake at 1000mph, it'd be in a thousand pieces, though the pieces themselves may bake...

I got bored so I did a little math... If terminal velocity is =SQRT((2*m*g)/(rhoA*Cd*A)) and also =SQRT(g*d*(rhoP/rhoA)) where m=mass of potato; g=local gravity; rhoA=density of sea level air; rhoP=density of sea level... potato; Cd=drag coefficient of... potato; A=cross-sectional area of potato; and d=diameter of potato then solving for Cd=(2*m)/(d*rhoP*A) using the same parameters as before and assuming that: rhoP = about 1.01 g/cm^3 (since potatoes sink in fresh water (1.0 g/cm^3) but float in salt water (~1.025 g/cm^3)) rhoA = 0.00125 g/cm^3 at sea level, standard day conditions d = 6.0 cm m = 150 g (general consensus on the average weight of a Russet potato ... I can't believe I'm actually doing this) g = 9.81 m/s^2 (although it just cancels out) A = 28.3 cm^2 (based on d) then solving for Cd yields a dimensionless quantity of 1.75 (seems very high but we'll go with it) force of drag D = (1/2)*rhoA*A*Cd*V^2 where V is the velocity (1000 mph = 447 m/s) and all other parameters are as they were before then D = 638 Newtons (or around 142 pounds of force resisting its motion) energy is equivalent to work which is force multiplied by a distance so E = D*distance, but skip ahead for now after that, it gets much, much more complicated, but if you decided to take power input as thermal input, then E = Q = m*S*T where Q = thermal input; m = mass of potato; and S = specific heat capacity of potato and you assume S = S-water, which is 4.187 kJ/kgK, and T is in Kelvin then if you make all the necessary conversions (and there are a lot) the potato will, at 1000 mph, take roughly 475 meters (or about 0.30 miles) to heat up to 400 degrees Fahrenheit, or the temperature at which you might bake a potato keep in mind that this makes a lot of (likely wrong) assumptions, and of course such heat increase would not be linear at allDark__Link

:| Um... okay... Einstein.

[QUOTE="Dark__Link"]I got bored so I did a little math... If terminal velocity is =SQRT((2*m*g)/(rhoA*Cd*A)) and also =SQRT(g*d*(rhoP/rhoA)) where m=mass of potato; g=local gravity; rhoA=density of sea level air; rhoP=density of sea level... potato; Cd=drag coefficient of... potato; A=cross-sectional area of potato; and d=diameter of potato then solving for Cd=(2*m)/(d*rhoP*A) using the same parameters as before and assuming that: rhoP = about 1.01 g/cm^3 (since potatoes sink in fresh water (1.0 g/cm^3) but float in salt water (~1.025 g/cm^3)) rhoA = 0.00125 g/cm^3 at sea level, standard day conditions d = 6.0 cm m = 150 g (general consensus on the average weight of a Russet potato ... I can't believe I'm actually doing this) g = 9.81 m/s^2 (although it just cancels out) A = 28.3 cm^2 (based on d) then solving for Cd yields a dimensionless quantity of 1.75 (seems very high but we'll go with it) force of drag D = (1/2)*rhoA*A*Cd*V^2 where V is the velocity (1000 mph = 447 m/s) and all other parameters are as they were before then D = 638 Newtons (or around 142 pounds of force resisting its motion) energy is equivalent to work which is force multiplied by a distance so E = D*distance, but skip ahead for now after that, it gets much, much more complicated, but if you decided to take power input as thermal input, then E = Q = m*S*T where Q = thermal input; m = mass of potato; and S = specific heat capacity of potato and you assume S = S-water, which is 4.187 kJ/kgK, and T is in Kelvin then if you make all the necessary conversions (and there are a lot) the potato will, at 1000 mph, take roughly 475 meters (or about 0.30 miles) to heat up to 400 degrees Fahrenheit, or the temperature at which you might bake a potato keep in mind that this makes a lot of (likely wrong) assumptions, and of course such heat increase would not be linear at allstevoqwerty

:| Um... okay... Einstein.

i dont think a potato has enough mass to reach 1000 mph

its terminal velocity is probably well below that

Whatuptho

put it this way

mach 1 is 761 mph

mach 2 is 1522 mph (well above the speed tc said)

now some jets are known to fly faster than mach 2 (just throwing this out for reference)

if a jet was flying past mach 1 (761mph) trying to go into mach 2 (1522mph) and the pilot released a potato in between (around 1000mph), for the lulz, do you think it would bake?

i really dont think so tbh

I have no clue. If it did that would be pretty neat to say the least.

put it this way

mach 1 is 761 mph

mach 2 is 1522 mph (well above the speed tc said)

now some jets are known to fly faster than mach 2 (just throwing this out for reference)

if a jet was flying past mach 1 (761mph) trying to go into mach 2 (1522mph) and the pilot released a potato in between (around 1000mph), for the lulz, do you think it would bake?

i really dont think so tbh

Whatuptho

[QUOTE="Whatuptho"] That's not traveling at 1000 mph, that's decelerating from 1000 mph. The force of the drag is not being used to heat the potato, but rather slow it down. The thread asks if the potato is propelled, by whatever means, at 1000 mph.Dark__Link

yeah thats true

but i was answering Agent Zeros question about the potato being dropped from an object at 100mph

[QUOTE="Whatuptho"]

i dont think a potato has enough mass to reach 1000 mph

its terminal velocity is probably well below that

Agent-Zero

It won't bake, it'll disintergrate.

stevoqwerty

Agreed, the friction and heat of atmospheric reentry does that to satellites in a decaying orbit.

That's a pretty fast potato - at standard sea level conditions at 15 C, Mach 1 = 761.2 mph.