Are Godzilla’s Flying Monsters Big Enough? 

Thanks for watching Super Nerds! This was a fun one to calculate just for the ridiculous sizes we came up with. Also, seems to be a few bumblebee truthers in the comments. I'll see you in Footnotes, but you should know that bumblebee flight does in fact make perfect sense with physics and evolution. Oh, and go see the new Godzilla movie -- it's a lot of fun! -- kH

Kyle: So, Ghidorah would require billions of watts Ghidorah: *laughs in electrical-gravitational beams*

Kyle: they have to be from space for it to work *laughs in Ghidorah*

Ghidorah is also an alien... so it literally DOES have otherworldly power.

*hears Kyle's pronunciation for Ghidorah* *crawls up into ball* *tries not cry* *cries a lot*

“Unless it had *other worldly* muscles, it would be able to fly” All OG Godzilla fans thinking the same thing.

Therapist: 3 headed kyle isn't real it can't hurt you 3 headed kyle: 9:44

You didn't even get to the part where Gidorah lifts godzilla, like 2000m or 3000m

Should we mention to him that Godzilla can preform gravity defying drop kicks?

The 3 headed Kyle was hella freaky. More "The Thing" (1982) than "Godzilla"

That end tangent: unless they're from space. ...have I got news for you!

Ghidorah is literally a weird alien that doesn't follow the biological rules we know, like oxygen. He can also spit graviton beams and is a giant moving thunderstorm so yeah.

"...would need otherworldly muscles.." Ahem....I dunno how to tell you this but....Ghidorah is actually an alien...

King Ghidorah: Attacks Godzilla: *HOW MANY TIMES MUST WE TEACH YOU THIS LESSON, OLD MAN?!*

I wish dragons were depicted this way a little more. Wings that big are so much more badass looking.

"..a flappy flap real animal." I'm glad I just swallowed that gulp of coffee or it would be all over me.

“Otherworldly muscles” Ghidorah: hold my beer.

9 year olds: Science makes everything boring Kyle: hold my calculator

I would also like to point out that at the scale of 3000m if one wing tip followed had to flap one time every 4 seconds, the twing tip would travel at roughly 2372.3 Miles/Hour (Assuming the wing tip followed a path to make a right angle and not an arc). So that would also potentially be creating sonic booms every time ghidorah flapped it's wings ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You also aren't taking into account the fact that Rodan's wing flaps crushed a city.

always wondered how the giant dragon from the first How to Train Your Dragon was able to fly with each of its flaps being so slow. but now I know

*The way he pronounced "Ghidorah" "Gidder-ah" is hurting em internally*

Nobody: Godzilla: *sees Hedorah fly* Also godzilla: *proceeds to fly using atomic breath*

Look in awe of the mighty Kyleosauras Sciencefactacus-Rex the most scientifically accurate of all Kaiju.

“Are the monster verse monsters enough let’s look at them “ Male muto: am I a joke to you?

Well King Ghidorah is a space dragon so...... there's your other worldly answer right there

Godzilla vs some giant flying insect _Tyranitar vs Butterfree_

Kyle: Gidderah Me: GIDOOOORAH

2 things. 1. While the graphs say it's not possible, we have an outlier so we know it is. The graphs say what has been selected for, some form of efficiency that allows the competitiveness to stay above rivals. 2. If Ghidorah has 1.5km wings, and flaps them at 1 beat per ~4.5s, then the tips are travelling somewhere near the speed of sound.

10:28 that jet just flew across the graph in about 1.5 seconds which would clock its speed at 4,000mps or 8,948MPH which is 11.66 times the speed of sounds, making it the fastest jet in human history. Damn The Godzilla universe has had some innovations

What if you did the scaling in reverse, instead of going from mass->wingspan could you go from wingspan->mass and see what the true mass would be for them as portrayed? Sure it wouldn't look as cool but it might be SLIGHTLY more realistic. Love the show!

I was wondering can you make a vehicle that is strong enough to move a person but light enough that a swarm of ants could carry it away?

Don't forget in the movies they were in their metabolism was described as some sort of nuclear reactor.

I see an important failure to include a star wars reference when you said "x wingspan".

In king Ghidorahs case he not only has gravity manipulation abilities which aids his flight....he's a SPACE DRAGON. Also it is pronounced GEE-DORA

Kyle: "Or else you will be *GROUNDED*" Ghidora: *Sweats Excessively while tries to fly accurately*

An interesting detail about Ghidora in "KotM", with the exception of when it flies away that very first time it has that Superstorm around it that seemed to be drawing air UP from below itself

Mothra: My wings will block out the sun. Me: Then we will poop our pants in the shade.

Dammit, Kyle! I thought I told you to stop eating fighter jets!

"Or they're from space or something." Nice.

My friend asked me: “Why do you watch this stuff?” My answer: “Because science.”

Their hearts would be absolutely massive as well for the wing tissue to not just die and fall off. There are also some biological limits on that.

Well they're powered by basically nucleur explosions so that'd probably solve the energy part

5:30 that’s about to be my favourite expression ‘I do not have one of those, what I do have tho is resEARCH!’

Well, ghidora bleeds lightning and Rodan is constantly on fire so they're sure doing something that generates a lot of energy.

My biggest concern was the power and energy required for those monsters to fly. It was successfully adressed.

I've solved it. All flying Godzilla monsters have rocket farts.

How to trigger Godzilla fans 101 0:46 “Gheedoora” G fans: TRIGGERED 9000

7:58...some fine acting there He really does look confused and scared

Always loved Godzilla since I was little. This video made me very happy. Thanks for the hard work.

I'm curious how these equations relate to the dragons in Game of Thrones. I get that the maximum weight thing still makes it unrealistic that Drogon and the others could actually fly, but if their wings aren't big enough, I kind of want to see how big they should be. Edit - I am now watching the footnotes video and see that you address this there. Awesome.

"They would need otherworldly strength to fly!" *Ghidorah is an alien*

With wing span that large, I have 2 questions. 1) Is it physically possible for a wing to beat fast enough to provide the lift? 2) What would the force of the air being pushed down do to the area below the wings? complete devastation?

So what your saying is *attempts Rita Repulsa voice* "MAGIC WAND! MAKE MY MONSTER GROW!!!!!"

"i say,make the monsters bigger and then let them fight" 😂😂😂😂😂

Just binged almost all your videos. 😅 The science is awesome, and your animations are stellar. Thank you for making these for us! 😊

Thanks for the nightmare fuel, Three-headed Kyle-dorah!

Hold on. What if Ghidora, mothra, and Rhodan were Nuke-powered? In the last Godzilla movie, released before kong but set in modern day, where the organization 'project monarch' still exists( linking the movie mythos/explanations), the researcher guy established that these titanic creatures were made possible by absorbing massive amounts of atomic radiation, and that most of them needed this constant radiation to survive actively, i.e. move around normally. Would it be at all feasible for such creatures to sort of supercharge their muscles with some form of nuclear reactor power? Like boiling water in their stomachs with massive amounts of radiation and pumping steam through artery-like tubes in their muscles? What if the monsters of Godzilla developed nuclear power hundreds of millions of years before we did?

Love this channel! You all do a great job getting people, and particularly young people interested in science, which is not only necessary, but important to the progression of society, even if they/we don't become scientists. Thanks!

Actually King Ghidorah is from space so... xD

What if instead of assuming that the given weights are correct we assume that the given wingspans are correct? If we take the monster's wingspans could we work out what weight they would need to be for those wings to work? I assume that they would still be in the category of "too heavy to fly" but it would be interesting to see anyway.

Plus, one thing you didn't cover, is even if they were powerful enough to fly, it would push so much air out of the way that they'd have a very noticeable impact on the weather wherever they went, practically creating small tropical storms no matter where they were.

10:59 As a LOOOOOOOng time Godzilla fan I can say there are many continuities that change Godzilla's size and over all power to equate for something such as this. I think on Mothera this would look really cool and actually put her at a fair fight against godzilla.

You know that a Bumble Bee's wings are too small when compared to its body and yet they're still able to fly right?

"Unless I don't know they're....from space or something" Oh man, Kyle, you're absolutely gonna shit when I tell you where King Ghidorah's from

Kyle, what if we played with the monsters' mass instead of wing span? Would making them lighter, but keeping the same physical dimensions (including wingspan) get into the realm of possible?

The other thing to keep in mind is the fuel. Imagine how many calories they’d have to consume to maintain that power output

Nice touch with answering the random questions of the drawings. I just came across your channel & will probably check out some more videos. Since I'm new to the channel i'd love to hear what videos of his anyone thinks were the best or what ones I should start with.

I wonder how much damage it would do just flapping those wings.

7:27 "12 Gigawatts for Ghidorah? That's almost 10 time travel trips! This is heavy..." - Marty McFly

Godzilla scales pretty well for these fights actually there was an anime where he was literally the size of a mountain range

I fear no man but that thing: 9:45 that scares me

When I see the word "big enough", I would go: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-

12 GW? That's ten times the power needed to travel through time!

Thanks for sharing! Amazing infos as always! On a side note, in the end, wasn't it sufficient to mention the square cube law?

Kyle : Gidora is another Titan, should compare it with other creatures who live/lived on Earth. Movie : Gidora is an alien.

Kyle: "How do things fly?" Me: "Like this..." ** proceeds to flap my arms. **

Nonsense. Godzilla using his atomic breath as a jetpack is the true way to fly

Ghidorah is from space Ghidorah has lifted godzilla miles into the air Ghidorah is literally a space monster Ghidorah is not an earth monster Now say it with me👏👏👏👏👏

Hi, Kyle! So I've been thinking a lot about how you write over the week that I've known your channel, and I need to know the answers: 1. How are you actually writing and drawing with your markers? Are they some sort of magic markers that just allow you to write in the air? Is there a glass in the emotionless void placed between you and the "camera" that lets us see you? Do you write directly to our screens through a technological communication in binary from the markers to my device? 2. I notice you never erase any of your writing/drawings. Is it because you can't? If not, where do they go? I notice some of your drawings move through the void. Is that how you clear it? Just wait for them to move on their own (or move some inanimate objects)? 3. Whenever you write in a way I can see, you seem to be writing backwards from your own point of view. Are you just really well trained in writing backwards? If so, you are left handed. Since only about 1 in 10 people are left-handed, I would like to consider other possibilities. Is the void simply projecting to me a mirrored image of what you truly are? Is there a mirror on the other side of the "camera" (out of view) that you look at when you write to make sure you're doing what you think you're doing? Please answer these potentially unanswerable questions to the best of your ability. I'd really love that, thanks!

Godzilla Is The King (Not Ghidorah) Mothra Is The Queen (With Her Singing Twin Fairies) ❤️ Raymond Burr(RIP☹️) introduced me to all things GODZILLA. Thank You Sir 🤓 And I can't wait to hear GODZILLA by Blue Öyster Cult (a cover version) blasting out of those IMAX theater speakers with that roar...

You keep saying Big Enough and I keep expecting Jimmy Barnes to start screaming.

To be honest i love how u explain everything in easy to understand

I suppose the fact Ghidorah didn't have devastating flaps like Mothra or Rodan shoulda been a hint of freaky space magic, but damn it seemed like an oversight

Maybe they get their muscle strength from the same power source that Godzilla gets his atomic breath from.

I love waking up to new episodes. Thank you for the Good Morning education Kyle~

You know I'd Love to see another episode like this, but on airships from video games. A lot of the time when you play some sort of fantasy game, or even D&D, you can find airships that let you travel around. Some of them are pretty basic like an air balloon that lifts a ship and carries it around. But you can also find some that use magical crystals that make them levitate. I would Love to know how much power a "magical crystal" would have to output to even lift a big metal ship.

I've thought about this same exact questions thank you. Am so happy that you're doing this 😂😂😂. Very excited even before I watch.

Hey Kyle, looking at the amount of air that is displaced and what force acts on it, what would that flap sound like *buzzz buzzz*? And wouldn't the ensuing storm and pressure blast everybody in a certain radius into squishy bits?

Just got home watching it on IMAX!! And YES!! THEY ARE BIG ENOUGH!

3:00 That terasaur's face is amazing

Ghidorah is depicted in the new movie to have a lot of weather powers, like hurricane winds, he can produce his own lift. Still holds true for Mothra and Rodan but small things like that I feel can be used to reasonably explain away wing size for most monsters.

You know probably not the only one I was waiting for a cowboy in the sky screaming after he asked if they were big enough.

Fun fact godzillas scaly skin was suppose to resemble some scars or burns on survivors of nuclear effects in japan after we droppd the bomby bois

I think 12GW is paltry to what Ghidorah can generate. A quick search reveals that an _average_ hurricane generates around 6x10^14W, and in one scene Ghidorah was dragging with it a *Category 5* hurricane, so definitely NOT average.

Oh yeah. At that point Ghidorah shares visual traits with pterodactlys and bats. By default he is a fat dragon. Actually, with wings that big, he might as well punch people with them.

Great episode, this is one of those things that people just don't think about! I think it would be a lot cooler if Ghidorah's wings covered cities with their shadows. 😀

"I don't know where Bryan Cranston is!!" 😂😂😥😥😂😂😂😂

Kyle Hill from Because Science from one Godzilla fan to another, I have a challenge for you. Seeing as so many of channels like this are about disproving how Godzilla could exist through deconstruction of his biology, How about you try to reconstruct how Godzilla could hypothetically exist. What would it take for Godzilla to exist in terms of biology, bone structure, the ability to swim, the whole enchilada. And that includes all the various powers, such as regeneration, the atomic breath, the nigh invulnerability, the near ageless life span, and all the abilities from all the movies. That is what I want to know. Do you think you are up for it?

Kyle, Ghidorah is pronounced Gi•door•ah. Also, he's a king so King Ghidorah.