Calc Walpurgis Night (Madoka Magica)

Calculations


Homura blasts Walpurgisnacht with magic missiles and sends her flying into an explosive trap. This is going to take a lot of scaling, but thankfully there's a way. Homura is at least 155cm tall (or 1.55cm).
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It all starts with us finding the size of Homura's head...
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347 pixels = 1.55m
1 pixel = 1.55m/347 = 0.00446685879m
0.00446685879m X 61 = 0.272478386m

Now we scale Homura to the truck's cabin...
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97 pixels = 0.272478386m
1 pixel = 0.272478386m/97 = 0.00280905553m
0.00280905553m X 917 = 2.57590392m

Then we scale the truck's cabin to the tanker...
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119 pixels = 2.57590392m
1 pixel = 2.57590392m/119 = 0.0216462514m
0.0216462514m X 115 = 2.48931891m

Then from the tanker to Walpurgisnacht's horns...
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56 pixels = 2.48931891m
1 pixel = 2.48931891m/56 = 0.0444521234m
0.0444521234m X 1829 = 81.3029337m

Finally, to Walpurgisnacht in all her terrible glory!
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171 pixels = 81.3029337m
1 pixel = 81.3029337m/171 = 0.475455753m
0.475455753m X 827 = 393.201908m

No wonder Walpurgis night is so dreaded! If only it where that easy all the way through...


Walpurgisnacht's cogs have a lot of hollow parts, meaning this is going to be a lot harder. Now the true scaling begins...
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0.475455753m X 597 = 283.847085m
283.847085m/2 = 141.923542m
0.475455753m X 40 = 19.0182301m
0.475455753m X 54 = 25.6746107m
0.475455753m X 30 = 14.2636726m
0.475455753m X 396 = 188.280478m
188.280478m/2 = 94.140239m
94.140239m - 14.2636726m = 79.8765664m
0.475455753m X 141 = 67.0392612m
0.475455753m X 118 = 56.1037789m
0.475455753m X 34 = 16.1654956m

Volume of the largest cog as a cylinder, and its teeth as rectangles. The second largest cog also as a cylinder, but with the area of the teeth subtracted from the central hub, and the teeth as rectangles.

V = πr^2h
= π X 141.923542^2 X 19.0182301
= 1203452.22m^3

V = lhw
= 16.1654956 X 56.1037789 X 16.1654956
= 14661.2217m^3

V = πr^2h
= π X 79.8765664^2 X 25.6746107
= 514626.938m^3

V = lhw
= 25.6746107 X 14.2636726 X 14.2636726
= 5223.56004m^3

Pocket the volumes of the teeth for a bit, but to make things easier for later, we'll add the rest up now.

V = 1203452.22 + 514626.938
= 1718079.16m^3

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0.475455753m X 287 = 136.455801m
136.455801m/2 = 68.2279005m
0.475455753m X 11 = 5.23001328m
0.475455753m X 329 = 156.424943m
156.424943m/2 = 78.2124715m
0.475455753m X 20 = 9.50911506m
0.475455753m X 189 = 89.8611373m
89.8611373m/2 = 44.9305686m
0.475455753m X 15 = 7.13183629m
0.475455753m X 134 = 63.7110709m
63.7110709m/2 = 31.8555355m
0.475455753m X 95 = 45.1682965m
45.1682965m/2 = 22.5841482m
0.475455753m X 10 = 4.75455753m
0.475455753m X 69 = 32.806447m

Volume of everything in this one as cylinders. For the two cogs cylinders at the top, we'll multiply it, as there's two smaller ones below the central cog too (I also took a bit off the smaller top cogs, as I couldn't make out all the teeth on them). As for the parts we see spinning in the middle. From what I can gather, they seem to be a ring that splits into three segments, then joins together when she closes up her cogwork again, so we'll calculate that as a torus.

R = 32.806447m/2
= 16.4032235m

R = 141.923542m - 16.4032235m
= 125.520319m

V = (πr2) (2πR)
= (π X 16.4032235^2) X (2 X π X 125.520319)
= 666656.595m^3

V = πr^2h
= π X 68.2279005^2 X 5.23001328
= 76485.0719m^3

V = πr^2h
= π X 78.2124715^2 X 9.50911506
= 182743.524m^3

V = πr^2h
= π X 44.9305686^2 X 7.13183629
= 45230.8831m^3

V = πr^2h
= π X 31.8555355^2 X 5.23001328
= 16673.3353 X 2
= 33346.6706m^3

V = πr^2h
= π X 22.5841482^2 X 4.75455753
= 7618.46382 X 2
= 15236.9276m^3

V = 666656.595 + 76485.0719 + 182743.524 + 45230.8831 + 33346.6706 + 15236.9276
= 1019699.67m^3

That's a lot of scaling, so let's take things a bit easier for the next one; we already have the volume of each tooth of the largest cog, so how many teeth are there?
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16 teeth for the largest and 10 teeth for the second largest. And given this is just on one side, we'll times it by two for all the teeth we can't see on the other side, which gives us 32 teeth and 20 teeth respectively.

14661.2217 X 36 = 527803.981m^3
5223.56004 X 20 = 104471.201m^3

V = 1055607.96 + 104471.201
= 632275.182m^3

I'll now like to take this moment to point out that just one of the teeth on the largest cog is about as big as Oktavia or Homulily. Almost done with scaling now, just a bit more...
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0.475455753m X 161 = 76.5483762m
76.5483762m/2 = 38.2741881m
0.475455753m X 52 = 24.7236992m
0.475455753m X 20 = 9.50911506m

The cogs hub as a cylinder, and the teeth as rectangles.

R = 38.2741881m - 9.50911506m
= 28.765073m

V = πr^2h
= π X 28.765073^2 X 24.7236992
= 64267.926m^3

V = lhw
= 9.50911506 X 24.7236992 X 9.50911506
= 2235.59771m^3

There are 6 teeth in view, so to take into account the cogs on the other side, we'll times that by 2, to get 12 teeth.

V = 2235.59771 X 12
= 26827.1725m^3

V = 64267.926 + 26827.1725
= 91095.0985m^3

At long last! There's more to her (her coat, her arms, her head, her central shaft), but I'm not sure how to calc those, so we'll just leave those for now. LEt's add up all the volumes for our total volume!

V = 1718079.16 + 1019699.67 + 632275.182 + 91095.0985
= 3461149.11m^3

Finally that's all out of the way. Now we have the volume, we can get the mass. Cogs & gears are usually made of cast iron, stainless steel, brass and bronze (also plastic, although Walpurgisnacht's cogs look to be metal).
There’s an endless number of different materials that can be used to create gears, but as a general rule, cast iron, steel, brass, bronze and plastic are the most common materials used for gears with cut teeth.
The lightest of these metals, cast iron, weighs 7300kg/m^3.

V = 3461149.11 X 7300
= 25266388503kg (25,266,388.503 tons)

For reference, that makes her far heavier than almost any man-made structure in the world (sans the Great Wall of China). Finally, all we need is the speed, which thanks to the buildings in the background, we can find. As a reminder, Walpurgisnacht's largest cog teeth are 56.1037789m in length.
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88 pixels = 56.1037789m
1 pixel = 56.1037789m/88 = 0.637542942m
0.637542942m X 405 = 258.204892m
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Timeframe is 1 frame.

T = 1s/24
= 41.6666667ms

0.637542942m X 113 = 72.0423524m
258.204892m - 72.0423524m = 186.16254m

With the distance moved in the timeframe in hand, we can get the speed. May as well get the speed of the rockets while we're at it.

T = 186.16254m/41.6666667ms
= 4467.90096/340.29
= Mach 13.1296863

The moment of truth is here at last! How much energy would sending Walpurgisnacht flying generate?

KE = (0.5)mv^2
= (0.5) X 25266388503 X 4467.90096^2
= 2.5218558e17 joules
= 60.273800191204585985 megatons

Final Results
Walpurgisnacht's height = 393.202m
Homura's missiles = Mach 13.13
Homura blasts Walpurgisnacht = 60.274 megatons

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