How does Superman accelerate when he flies in Man of Steel?
As per the storyline of Man of Steel, it is said that Superman is able to fly because of earth's low gravity. But how is he able to control the speed at which he flies? How can he hover or accelerate at any given time?
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"I think the best explanation for all of Superman's powers is explained by The Unified Theory of Superman's Powers. It basically says that all of powers Superman has are possible if his power is the ability to manipulate, from atomic to kilometer length scales, the inertia of his own and any matter with which he is in contact.
But as far as applying real world physics there is also a great article that describes it on i09 called The physics of Superman."
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Negative mass and positive mass are supposed to fall towards each other, so he feels gravity the same way everyone else does. However, he also feels air molecules all over his body. If he turned them to negative mass, they would push his body upwards. By contrast, if he turned the outer skin of his body to negative mass (or his aura), the air pressing back against it would cause it to push him forward. So Superman uses air pressure and negative mass to fly around planets with atmosphere.
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How did they make Superman fly in Man of Steel?
Even as recently as the movie adaptation Man of Steel, when Superman prepares to unleash the full potential of his alien body, causing the snow and stones around him to start to float. How? Just as in the comics, he's essentially altering the gravity field around his body to enable himself to fly.How does Superman have the ability to fly?
According to the comics, Superman can fly because of a combination of powers he derives from Earth's \u201cyellow\u201d Sun and from his extraterrestrial biology. On his birth planet, Krypton, gravity was much stronger than it is on Earth, so Kryptonians developed a physique that could resist its pull.What are the physics of Superman flying?
He would often, however, have to deflect materials, bullets, shells, deadly beams of energy and would use his hands to do so. This lead to a pose where he would have at least one of his hands out in front of him to catch or deflect incoming attacks.How Does Superman Fly? [Sup Sci Pilot]
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"Kryptonians are able to manipulate graviton particles, in an unknown and apparently unconscious manner, to defy the forces of gravity. Under one Earth gravity, they are capable of speeds of multi-Mach speeds in Earth's atmosphere. Their control of their flight is very precise and they can perform aerobatic feats such as hovering, flying backwards and even lifting great weights while flying." This is how He does things like this. http://www.fxguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/MOS-TRL2-2502r.jpg But in Man of Steel, Kal generates his own gravitational field.
Answer 3
Well, in "Man of Steel" you see a disturbance on the ground around Superman just before he takes off each time. So apparently Kryptonians are able to create some sort of anti-gravity field, or perhaps it is a form of localized telekinesis. That would also explain why Zod's henchmen were not able to fly. It would seem that this ability requires a certain clarity of thought or a precise emotional state.
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