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You get a maniacal crowd of Sanderfans!! *inserts Shardfork*

You get a pack of hungry Koloss to suppress the revolution! And rip you limb from limb! Happy Koloss Head-Munching!! *inserts Infinity Blade novella*

Okay. Here are the numbers. Sorry for the double post. Assume the Lashing lasts for 5 seconds. A Lashing dissolves the spiritual connection of the object with the planet, and reorients it in the direction of the Surgebinder's choosing. Assuming Scadrial has a surface gravity of 9.8 m/s/s, like Earth, then lashing someone straight up will cause them to accelerate upwards at 9.8 meters per second per second. After 5 seconds, the object would have a velocity of 49 m/s upwards. (I am using meters because the math is cleaner) By law of averages, the object would travel 122.5 meters during this time. As soon as the stormlight runs out, the object will be in free-fall. It took 5 seconds for the object to go from 0 (on the ground) to 49m/s. It will take the same amount of time for said object to decelerate to 0, over which time he will cover another 122.5 meters. At the top of his trajectory (when velocity = 0) the object will be 245 meters, or about 803 feet up. All of this occurred in 10 seconds. It will take another 7 seconds for the object to reach the ground. When it hits the ground, it will be going 69.2 meters/second, or about 154 miles per hour. Round trip takes 17 seconds. All this was done ignoring air resistance, so the the numbers would be a little smaller in reality. On Roshar, during the 5 seconds on which the Lashing is in effect, the object would be given an upwards velocity of 35 meters per second. Once again, by law of averages, the total distance traveled would be 87.5 meters. It would take another 5 seconds for the object to reach the top of its arc, and it would cover another 87.5 meters, for a max height of 175 meters, or 574 feet. Again, it takes 10 seconds for the object to reach maximum. Also, it takes another 7 seconds for the object to fall back down. It's interesting to note that regardless of surface gravity, for an object given a single upwards lashing lasting 5 seconds, it will take 17 seconds to come back down. On Roshar, the object would have a final velocity of 49 m/s, or 109 miles per hour. Very lethal in both cases.

Yes, I was treating it like projectile motion, because I didn't know how long the lashing is in effect. You are going with 5 seconds then? That should work pretty well. I will be back in a few when I've worked out the math.

Well in that case, just double the numbers. The times I gave above are the times it would take an object to free-fall from 300 feet on the respective planets. I used G=10 for Scadrial, G=7 for Roshar, ignored air resistance, and assumed that 300 feet is the maximum height achieved. I've also found the initial upward velocity in each case. On Scadrial, it would be about 77 meters per second, and on Roshar it would be about 63 meters per second. That's slightly less than 8 lashings upward on Scadrial, and 9 lashings on Roshar. I've made a couple assumptions here. First, I assume that a Lashing's strength is equal to whatever planet the surgebinder is on, which I'm pretty sure is how it works. Second, I've made the incorrect assumption that Kaladin's lashing acts instantaneously. The lashing would keep accelerating the object upward until the stormlight ran out, but here, I've assumed that the lashing acts instantaneously, giving the object an initial upwards velocity, then not effecting it for the rest of its trajectory. I could give you a more exact number if I knew exactly how long it takes the stormlight to dissipate. In actuality, it would require less lashings to reach 300 feet. The times, as you say LabRat, are much more complicated. Despite all this stuff about lashings, it would still take the times I listed above for the object to fall from its highest point. If anyone can understand all this physics technobabble, would you please check my numbers? Thanks.

300 feet is 90 meters. On Scadrial, which has the same gravity as on Earth, it would take about 7.7 seconds to fall that distance. On Roshar, which has about .7G, it would take about 9 seconds for Wayne to hit the ground. So, not that long even.

It would be super awesome if in the distant future, he will publish the three volumes together in a leatherbound collectible edition, to look nice and pretty with the rest of my Cosmere on the shelf.

*slowly climbs out of TVtropes, face pale from lack of sunlight* Well, that was traumatic. Hm. You should have put a Slontze in there somewhere.

You sir, are a hero. Thank you. Our picture of the Cosmere is ever so closer to completion, with this one crucial word.

Yeah, you can go ahead and read the first one if you want, but wait to read Words of Radiance until the third one is published.

Capitally good pun sir!

Oops. I guess that's probably my fault.

Hi! Long time no see! You guys probably don't even remember me. I'm looking for people to discuss White Sand with, particularly about Hoid in the book. If someone could PM me regarding this, that would be great.

Good job on California's job. I also hear Northern Africa is really on top of that.

*ignores this naysayer* Evidence of dihydrogen monoxide has even been found on other planets!

*scratches head* Did you also know 70% of the human body by weight is dihydrogen monoxide? This might explain how it contributes to so many deaths...

What is your dream car?(If you have one.)

Um, okay.

What is your favorite climate? (Mountains, tundra, jungle, etc...)

My apologies. I wasn't sure what the rules were for when the previous person wasn't able to answer the question. I don't know any medical textbooks.

Do you think "Quiver" is a better name for Green Arrow's hideout than "Arrow Cave?"

Do it. You know you have to.

Maybe this will can help you guys.

Name 10 Paul McCartney songs.