NU: Knuckles Calcs

Wall Tearing

I've been following the development of the NU and I really like their progress, so I thought it would be fun to calculate this feat of Knuckles tearing through these steel walls in Scrap Brain Zone.

• References for the size of the steel walls as shown in NBR Knuckles Route. (See above)

• Higher Quality Recreation (See above)

Wall Size

• Knuckles' Height: 40 px
• Wall Height: 230 px
• Wall Length/Width: 192 px
• 230 / 40 = 5.75
• 192 / 40 = 4.8

The NU characters should have similar size and weight to their official counterparts, meaning Knuckles' height should be proportionate to his mainline counterpart (who stands at 110 cm/3'7").

• Knuckles' Height: 110 cm
• 110 * 5.75
• Wall Height: 632.5 cm
• 110 * 4.8
• Wall Length/Width: 528 cm
• Wall Volume: 632.5 * (528²) = 176,330,880 cm³

Result

Fragmentation

• 176,330,880 cm³ * 208 J/cm³ = 36,676,823,040 J; or 8.765971089866158 Tons of TNT (Large Building level+)

Violent Fragmentation

• 176,330,880 cm³ * 568.5 J/cm³ = 100,244,105,280 J; or 23.958916175908222 Tons of TNT (City Block level)

Update

Originally I had gone with violent fragmentation, but upon looking at how it was fractured I believe the former should be used instead.

Final result: 8.765971089866158 Tons of TNT (Large Building level+; High 8-C)