Since I stopped performing full time as some of you who actually can testify too. I decided a few years ago to answer my calling in law enforcement. Well me and the squad were bored the other day and I had 1 of the guys clock my muscle pass on radar. What we figured was 131 mph out of the palm of my hand at its fastest and 91 mph at its slowest. I just thought that would make an interesting post.

Did you write yourself a ticket?

You could probably beat that in court if you wrap the coin in aluminum foil.

"but officer, my coin wasn't going over 65, the silver must have messed up the radar"

I love it!

I don’t do the Muscle pass (and yes, you can probably also read that as "can't do the Muscle pass!), but that seems awfully fast to me. Especially the 91 mph as its slowest point.

131 mph = 192 feet per second (fps), while 91 mph = 133.5 fps. Nothing like the muzzle velocity of a firearm but I would think that coins moving at speeds like that would cause some pain to the catching hand of a Muscle pass!

Makes me wonder if I was really speeding when that radar gun was aimed at me...

Jim

I'll claim the record on the other end. In a sleight called "Snatch" one hand leaved the coin hanging in mid-air to be picked up by the other hand in a body swing. Speed 0 mph. Inattention of Vision and Directed Attention insure that the coin is never seen, even though completely visible to a camera.

I was thinking 131 mph was a pretty fast speed, even 91. At those speed you could probably muscle pass yards not inches.

Tom

I do not doubt the speed. It does seem impossible as even up close standing next to people doing this pass and doing it well, it would appear to me that at a speed of 91 mph I should not clearly see the coin jump to the other hand only 12-18 inches away,yet I see it. Is it that these people doing it are no where near 91mph? Just asking,not doubting.

It could be extremely fast - and probably is - at the moment it leaves the palm. But then I would expect it to slow down tremendously as it rises due to gravity and the fact that the initial force propelling it isn't quite that great. Let's face it, how much force can we deliver by just squeezing our thumb muscle in toward the center of the hand?

Jim

131 miles/hour = 192.1333 feet per second.

Radar gun needs to be re-calibrated............no wonder folks complain about speeding tickets!

My muscle palm has been clocked at the speed of light- real magic.

I had that plus the 91 mph above.

Jim

My guess is the spinning of the coin confused the results.

A little physics calculation would reveal that an object going even 91 mph would travel for a very long distance up in the air (imagine if you could throw a ball straight up in the air at 91mph). I haven't done the calculation, but could, but I would imagine it would be 100's of feet.

I would think that a person would need a catcher's mitt to cushion the catch of a coin travelling 131 mph.

Not really. Plus that would only be the velocity immediately after launching. It would then slow down quite a bit - not very aerodynamic!

That said, I too believe these speeds are high.

Jim

With heavy sterling silver coins the speed would have probably been within speed limit so let's keep our precious coin for our magic so that they don't get flashed speeding or flashed in any way.