Spring Break
Experts reveal truth behind Batman's gadgets
By: Kenny Ryan
Issue date: 7/17/08 Section: News
"[During] some of the flying from building to building you will notice the front end of his car is higher than the back end of the car," Toback said. "In order for the front end to go up you need something to force it up, like a ramp. Most buildings don't come with ramps, which is a problem. In that sense its pretty unrealistic unless there's some super booster under the car, but we certainly didn't see that."
While anyone can drive a car around town, not everybody has access to Batman's high flying gadgets such as his bat-grappling hook. Able to shoot it into the sky and wrap around or latch onto any surface, Batman uses his grappling hook to rapidly ascend to the highest elevations of the city.
"That's got to be a remarkable motor to pull you straight up," Toback said. "You're talking about a little device that's going to get such huge amounts of torque to wrap it around a little motor, that strikes me as a little unrealistic. Do you see mountain climbers like those? They would even take a small one or a slow one."
Of course, Bruce Wayne does have the vast resources of Wayne Enterprises to afford things that your everyday mountain climber wouldn't be able to afford.
"Um yea, but so does whats-his-name from Virgin Atlantic. Richard Branson, why doesn't he use one?"
Sounds like a riddle only Batman could solve.
Batman doesn't strictly use his inventive mind to get around town. He also wears a body armor that has somehow been able to absorb every bullet he has ever faced on film, while still being flexible enough for his martial arts skills to nun-chuck a man in half. The flexibility may be an issue, Beasley said, but the bullet resistance may soon be seen on a body armor near you.
"I've seen body armor that's ceramic and titanium mixture combination, I think its called dragon skin, it's able to stop AK-47 bullets from close range.
"In current research they are working on using spider silk, which is about 20 times stronger than steel, Kevlar is around four times stronger than steel," Beasley continued. "We are getting to the point where it is possible to stop machine gun bullets. Unfortunately it's still difficult…to dissapate that energy without actually break any bones."
Even assuming Batman wears the strongest of armors, Toback did note that Batman does have an unshielded area on his face.
"I don't understand why nobody hits him in the mouth. These are paid professionals here, somebody outta be able to hit him in the mouth."
While anyone can drive a car around town, not everybody has access to Batman's high flying gadgets such as his bat-grappling hook. Able to shoot it into the sky and wrap around or latch onto any surface, Batman uses his grappling hook to rapidly ascend to the highest elevations of the city.
"That's got to be a remarkable motor to pull you straight up," Toback said. "You're talking about a little device that's going to get such huge amounts of torque to wrap it around a little motor, that strikes me as a little unrealistic. Do you see mountain climbers like those? They would even take a small one or a slow one."
Of course, Bruce Wayne does have the vast resources of Wayne Enterprises to afford things that your everyday mountain climber wouldn't be able to afford.
"Um yea, but so does whats-his-name from Virgin Atlantic. Richard Branson, why doesn't he use one?"
Sounds like a riddle only Batman could solve.
Batman doesn't strictly use his inventive mind to get around town. He also wears a body armor that has somehow been able to absorb every bullet he has ever faced on film, while still being flexible enough for his martial arts skills to nun-chuck a man in half. The flexibility may be an issue, Beasley said, but the bullet resistance may soon be seen on a body armor near you.
"I've seen body armor that's ceramic and titanium mixture combination, I think its called dragon skin, it's able to stop AK-47 bullets from close range.
"In current research they are working on using spider silk, which is about 20 times stronger than steel, Kevlar is around four times stronger than steel," Beasley continued. "We are getting to the point where it is possible to stop machine gun bullets. Unfortunately it's still difficult…to dissapate that energy without actually break any bones."
Even assuming Batman wears the strongest of armors, Toback did note that Batman does have an unshielded area on his face.
"I don't understand why nobody hits him in the mouth. These are paid professionals here, somebody outta be able to hit him in the mouth."
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