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Okay so basically in Chapter 4 of Red Dead Redemption 2, Arthur uses a bundle of dynamite to blast through a brick wall. This calc will basically be used to find how powerful one stick of dynamite is.
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Arthur doesn’t have a canon height however it’s theorised that he is around 6’1” (1.85928 metres) which would make sense since he is slightly taller than the 5’10” John Marston:
Arthur: 360 pixels (1.85928 metres)
Red Line: 376 pixels (1.941914666666667 metres)
Pink Line: 225 pixels (1.941914666666667 metres)
Hole in Wall: 327 pixels (2.822249315555556 metres)
Radius: 1.411124657777778 metres
Depth: I'll assume 5 inches since that seems reasonable for a wall. 0.127 metres.
Volume: 794482.54 ccm
Violent Fragmentation of Concrete seems about right to me.
Energy: 794482.54 * 20 = 15889650.8 Joules or 0.003797717686424 Tons of TNT
Wall level+
Okay so I'll divide by 5 since there are 5 sticks.
Energy of 1 Stick: 15889650.8 / 5 = 3177930.16 Joules or 3.17793016 Megajoules
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