How fast is blaster fire?

The average for these things is just 34.9 m/s (78 mph). This is in the ballpark of a baseball pitch. Compare this to the speed of a Nerf gun bullet at about 10 m/s.
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How fast do blaster bolts go?

I call them blaster bolts, and as I've shown before, the speed of these blaster bolts is around 35 m/s (78 mph). But what is the mass of these bolts? Check out this clip from a trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It appears that Han Solo shoots a stormtrooper who flies backward from the impact.
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Are blasters light speed?

Blaster Bolts are almost certainly to be Lightspeed, at least in the Legends Continuity. There are so many blatant statements it cannot be ignored. Energy weapons such as Turbolasers are also repeatedly stated to be Lightspeed, even in the Disney Canon.
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How fast is a plasma bolt?

A plasma bolt shot at 73 miles per hour (a decent estimate for the speed of blaster bolts in Star Wars) would only require a field about a million times weaker than Earth's magnetic field to cause the bolt to move one-and-a-half feet to the right or left (if the target is 33 feet away).
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Are blasters fast?

For a simple ATV, Yamaha Blasters can go pretty fast. At top speed, it can reach about 55 mph. With a little fixing up and maintenance, you can get it to 30 to 40 hp. Modifying enough can help you bump up its horsepower to 45 hp.
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Can a Star Wars Blaster Bolt Be Dodged?



How fast does 200cc blaster go?

Yamaha blaster 200 - Top Speed - GoPro Around 105 km/h or 65 Mph Camera Gopro Hero 3 Silver 2001 Yamaha Blaster 200cc 2 stroke W/ FMF exhaust, Any Questions or tips? leave a Comment below!
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How far can a blaster shoot?

Generally, gel blasters go from 18m to over 25m in firing range. A smaller gel blaster like a pistol is on the shorter scale of shooting ability, whereas a larger sniper rifle has a further range.
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How fast is a laser in Star Wars?

The average for these things is just 34.9 m/s (78 mph). This is in the ballpark of a baseball pitch. Compare this to the speed of a Nerf gun bullet at about 10 m/s.
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Can a Jedi block a bullet?

They can't deflect slugs but they can block them. This all depends of the speed of the projectile, and I believe mythbusters said the blaster bolts in ANH were actually really slow, so its plausible that they could dodge bullets, but they would travel much faster.
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Why are there no bullets in Star Wars?

At some point in the history of the Star Wars world, when civilization was at our level, everyone used bullets. But later in history they invented the blaster, a new weapon. The galaxy realized their faults compared to bullets, but then realized they weren't faults after all.
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Are Star Wars blasters slower than bullets?

It's known that blaster bolts in Star Wars aren't instantaneous/speed-of-light - they are actually pretty slow (supposedly, slower than a high-velocity bullet).
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Are Star Wars blasters accurate?

Accuracy, or lack thereof

Blasters seem to be inherently inaccurate weapons. In the very first firefight we see on screen, the boarding of the Tantive IV in A New Hope, the rebel fighters prepare for battle, positioning themselves, at most, 10 yards away from the door the stormtroopers will enter from.
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How powerful are blasters in Star Wars?

These cannons have an effective range of 16 km (9.9 mi) and can take out an entire squad of infantry with a single blast. A more powerful form of the laser cannon is the turbolaser found on Star Wars capital ships, operating on the same principles but with larger power generators and multiperson crews.
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Do Star Wars blasters shoot plasma?

Star Wars Blasters: Overview

Though they fire what looks like laser beams, blasters are actually plasma weapons, firing pulses of explosive gas (such as Tibanna, which is mined in Lando Calrissian's Cloud City) that are irradiated by the blaster's power pack.
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How fast are laser guns?

Though perhaps irrelevant for a discussion of policing, most laser (and radar) guns have a maximum measuring speed of about 180 to 200 miles per hour.
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What are blasters powered by?

A blaster, also called a gun, was any type of ranged weapon that fired bolts of intense plasma or particle-based energy, often mistaken for lasers.
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Can Jedi deflect slugs?

Bookmark this question. Show activity on this post. From this question about gunpowder in the Star Wars universe it is quoted that the shot from a slug thrower is not completely deflectable by a lightsaber. This seems to be listed as an advantage (over blasters) against lightsabers and Jedi.
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Can lightsabers block Slugthrowers?

Slugthrowers were surprisingly useful against lightsabers, as when a slug made contact with a blade, it would simply melt instead of being deflected like a typical blaster bolt.
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How hot is a lightsaber?

A constricted plasma arc can reach temperatures up to 25000 degrees Celsius (45032°F). Given this evidence, it can be concluded that a Lightsaber can reach temperatures of up to 25000 degrees Celsius (45032°F).
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How much energy is in a blaster bolt?

Estimating the dimensions and density of the metal that was vaporized (about 54 kilograms) and knowing the energy needed to vaporize a kilogram of iron (6.34 Megajoules) leads to a rough conclusion that the blaster shot yielded about 342 Megajoules.
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Are blaster bolts lasers?

Instead writers stated that a blaster was “any type of ranged weapon that fired bolts of intense plasma energy, often mistaken as lasers” and that it “converted energy rich gas to a glowing particle beam that could melt through targets”.
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Do Star Wars lasers go forever?

If the shot is taken on a planets surface, it will eventually fall to the Earth because of gravity. However, if the shot is taken in outer space, the blaster bolts will go on forever because there is no outside force to act upon it.
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What is the highest FPS gel blaster?

A standard gel blaster shoots their water ball ammunition at about 200 feet per second while one of our custom high-power models can reach up to 300 feet per second. Those hundred feet per second can be the difference between victory and defeat.
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What is the speed of gun?

Firearm muzzle velocities range from approximately 120 m/s (390 ft/s) to 370 m/s (1,200 ft/s) in black powder muskets, to more than 1,200 m/s (3,900 ft/s) in modern rifles with high-velocity cartridges such as the .
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