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[quote name="Senor Barborito"][quote name="Chairman Mao"][quote name="FABIO"]paintballs travel up to 300 ft per second. Haven't seen anything worse than a welt yet.[/quote] Do paintballs weigh 1.7lbs?[/quote] Givens: Speed of paintball = 300 feet per second (legal max)= 91.44 meters per second (m/s) Speed of foam = 500 miles per hour = 223.52 m/s Weight of paintball = 0.0035 kilograms (kg - and this is the legal maximum) Weight of foam = 1.7 pound = 0.771107 kg (0.77111 kg rounded) 1 Joule (J) = 1 kg * m<sup>2</sup>/s<sup>2</sup> Solving: ( 91.44 m/s )<sup>2</sup> = 8,361.27 m<sup>2</sup>/s<sup>2</sup> ( 223.52 m/s )<sup>2</sup> = 49,961.19 m<sup>2</sup>/s<sup>2</sup> 1/2 * 0.0035 kg = 0.00175 kg 1/2 * 0.771107 kg = 0.38555 kg 0.00175 kg * 8,361.27 m<sup>2</sup>/s<sup>2</sup> = 14.632 kg * m<sup>2</sup>/s<sup>2</sup> 0.38555 kg * 49,961.19 m<sup>2</sup>/s<sup>2</sup> = 19,262.537 kg * m<sup>2</sup>/s<sup>2</sup> Conclusion: <b>A paintball has a kinetic energy of 14.632 Joules The foam of doom has a kinetic energy of 19,262.537 Joules, over 1,000 times more. FABIO, SHUT UP.</b> --SB[/quote]