Speed of Dragons in House of the Dragon - Analysis & Estimation

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  • @aaronottermann5824
    @aaronottermann5824 3 місяці тому +140

    Imagine sitting on Meleys and a bird hits your face

    • @A--lb2vt
      @A--lb2vt 3 місяці тому +12

      I thinks a bird don’t dare to get closer the dragon

    • @GreatOldOne9866
      @GreatOldOne9866 3 місяці тому +9

      @@A--lb2vtThen why did Vhagar fly right through a flock of birds when Aemond first rode her?

    • @aaronottermann5824
      @aaronottermann5824 2 місяці тому +5

      ​@@A--lb2vtI don't think the bird has much of a chance to get out of the way when Meleys comes flying at 300 mph

    • @KingDennyFrost
      @KingDennyFrost 2 місяці тому

      @@GreatOldOne9866lol

    • @ChatNoir-999
      @ChatNoir-999 2 місяці тому

      Poor Bird 😂

  • @CARAXES_1
    @CARAXES_1 3 місяці тому +64

    Meleys speed >>> ASOIAF dragon speed

  • @zachtan
    @zachtan 3 місяці тому +28

    I'm surprised Rhaenys' face isn't destroyed like Jeremy Clarkson in the Ariel Atom with how fast Melys is.

    • @TaeSunWoo
      @TaeSunWoo 2 місяці тому +4

      Because Eve Best

  • @ElitePhilosopher
    @ElitePhilosopher 3 місяці тому +71

    Make a theory on why Meleys is faster then the horse breeds.

    • @J_ads2000
      @J_ads2000 3 місяці тому +15

      Meleys is a horse breed. Her skull shape matches a horse’s perfectly, maybe even better than Syrax. Her head has that unmistakable horse skull slant to it. It’s certainly not a short and stubby wolf skull nor is she a t-Rex skull.
      Horse skulls
      Meleys
      Syrax
      Vermithor
      Vhagar
      T-Rex
      Balerion
      Dreamfyre
      Seasmoke
      Drogon
      Rhaegal
      Viserion
      Wolf skulls
      Caraxes
      Sheepstealer
      Moondancer
      Sunfyre
      Vermax
      Arrax
      (Possibly Silverwing although she seems like a horse/wolf hybrid).
      Meraxes (we see her at dragonstone)

    • @ElitePhilosopher
      @ElitePhilosopher 3 місяці тому +6

      You didn’t add Sunfyre and Vermithor and Vhagar are T-Rex skulls. Also Silverwing is probably a horse breed with 30% wolf in her as Syrax who is her child is a horse breed.

    • @jeromeblackmon2329
      @jeromeblackmon2329 3 місяці тому +3

      ⁠@@J_ads2000vermithor is definitely dinosaur type he’s not a horse type those more built for travel not war. Silverwing is a horse type like syrax though check the skull and crest similarities. Vermithor looks more like smaller vhaegar than anything. Meyles is definitely a wolf type like caraxes with their skulls being more similar (even though caraxes has a mutation. She’s older and somewhat more lean than Seasmoke who is a dinosaur type which is the most common. Pretty much is they don’t look like Seasmoke, arrax, drogon, rhaegal, vesirion, tessarion or belarion it’s probably a wolf or horse type. Just my thoughts!

    • @goddessofdesire
      @goddessofdesire 2 місяці тому +1

      @@J_ads2000silverwing and Sunfyre are definitely horse race

    • @josiahdavis1216
      @josiahdavis1216 2 місяці тому

      From what I've understand they only used a horse wolf skulls ect to make the dragons look different not that they are a different breed some dragons are fast other strong some grow faster and slower than other it up to the dragonlord if they want to raise their dragon for speed of strength it confirms that keeping them chain up in dragon pit slow and stunt their growth so the targaryens can control the size of their dragon to a extant kinda like gold fish the bigger the tank the bigger the fish grows

  • @andrewj1754
    @andrewj1754 3 місяці тому +42

    They are as fast as the plot meeds them to be.

  • @mjl5777
    @mjl5777 3 місяці тому +10

    your vids are great, bring the realism to the dragons alive

  • @calebseliga3827
    @calebseliga3827 3 місяці тому +8

    3:42 Aegon was also drunk driving a dragon so he was cookin on Sunfyre

  • @AromalBabu-c8y
    @AromalBabu-c8y 3 місяці тому +22

    Meleys is that flyweight that runs around u hitting u! It's all good till the opponent grabs a hold of u

    • @grimmywizard
      @grimmywizard 3 місяці тому +3

      Meleys was giving Vhagar a run. She's no flyweight. She's atleast a welterweight. A flyweight would be Arrax

    • @sheluvsarou9573
      @sheluvsarou9573 2 місяці тому +2

      meleys is literally bulky, that's why she could literally rival caraxes size, she's just a shorter dragon in length.

    • @AydenMcmillan-o3o
      @AydenMcmillan-o3o 2 місяці тому +3

      the only reason Meleys is so fast is because of her muscular build, out of all the dragons in HOTD Meleys is the bulkiest like she always be hitting gym that's why she is faster compared to the others, shes no flyweight when she is all muscle

    • @T4rgaryenApologist
      @T4rgaryenApologist 2 місяці тому +4

      Meleys was the largest dragon team black had before Silverwing and Vermithor got claimed. She was no flyweight, she could take down almost any of not all of the dragons during the dance due to her size and speed. She’s very bulky and armored making her one of the best dragon for dragon on dragon combat.

    • @sanjaykarthicks1226
      @sanjaykarthicks1226 2 місяці тому

      ​@@AydenMcmillan-o3onow I imagine how a dragon gym would look like

  • @TaeSunWoo
    @TaeSunWoo 2 місяці тому +6

    I knew they were fast but woah, the Targaryen dragons are fast af 🙆🏻‍♀️😱
    And it’s still wild to think that compared to the other families’s dragons in Old Valyrian pre doom Balerion was ‘average’

  • @rexmexzilla
    @rexmexzilla 3 місяці тому +15

    Ive always wondered how the hell can they ride their dragons withought any type of eye protection

    • @janos5555
      @janos5555 3 місяці тому +5

      Would have been a nice Touch of the show. Maybe a little weird but in reality it would be necessary.

    • @felixf.8400
      @felixf.8400 3 місяці тому +15

      My theory is that their eyes are adapted for that speed. Maybe that’s why they have purple eyes in the books

    • @janos5555
      @janos5555 3 місяці тому +2

      @@felixf.8400 I love that theory

    • @lorneargent8652
      @lorneargent8652 2 місяці тому +3

      @@felixf.8400I always thought the same just how birds have eye protection when flying it could be the same for dragons and of course maybe Targaryens

  • @Kjos_jax
    @Kjos_jax 2 місяці тому

    I am subscribed to hundreds of channels and your intro is one of the best by a long shot. It's short, powerful, thematic, and really sets the tone for what you discuss. Thanks for all the cool content :)

  • @xXToraKobayashiXx
    @xXToraKobayashiXx 2 місяці тому +6

    Meleys speed is one of the reasons she should have won against Vhagar (her agility is another reason) because she wouldn't have had problems getting behind and above vhagar. From this point there would be nothing vhagar should do to get away from her because Vhagar is not able to do barrel roles at her size and age like eagles do while Meleys is.

    • @frankthecat1671
      @frankthecat1671 2 місяці тому

      problem is the whole fight vs Sunfyre before. That was surely exhausting to begin with. And on the initial attack where Meleys DID do the barrel roll Vhagar caught her on the foot and got a hold of her and they injured each other heavily. At that point speed and agility becomes a lot less important than endurance because at that level of exhaustion and injury you'll never be able to continue that

  • @anujsm6404
    @anujsm6404 2 місяці тому +2

    Vhagar goes 1000kmph when she's jumping Arrax from the clouds or Meleys from behind a castle on a cliff

  • @dekuvisuals9847
    @dekuvisuals9847 3 місяці тому +12

    Syrax kinda looks and sounds like a horse

  • @HouseOfTheHybrid
    @HouseOfTheHybrid 2 місяці тому +4

    To be honest, I don't think they portrayed Meleys' speed well enough. Outside of that brief scene in the escape sequence in S1, she flies like any of the other dragons. I think we needed more scenes or better speed showcase in season 2. Even episode 4 in the fight with Sunfyre & Vhagar, her speed wasn't that much of a visual highlight. I've seen different types of birds fighting in real life in the air already and the faster bird's speed is incredibly quick and undeniable compared to the others. Meleys portrayal is more like 1.15 times faster than the others. Not even her reflex was fast when thinking back on the Vhagar ambush.

  • @georgeolaroiu3807
    @georgeolaroiu3807 3 місяці тому +8

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  • @lnvalliencia3440
    @lnvalliencia3440 2 місяці тому +1

    Excellent vid. I have been wondering!

  • @jithinraj1830
    @jithinraj1830 3 місяці тому +6

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  • @georgeolaroiu3807
    @georgeolaroiu3807 3 місяці тому +4

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  • @GuillermoArian
    @GuillermoArian 2 місяці тому

    When Aemond do the dracarys in front of Aegon and Rhaenys, you can see how fast Meleys is, she practically disappears in front of the flames. 🔥

  • @jotaaxz
    @jotaaxz 3 місяці тому +14

    Meleys is the fastest and most agile dragon in the history of the Targeryen

  • @NeffyLe
    @NeffyLe 2 місяці тому

    I think the speed for Moondancer is a bit off considering it was a moving shot. The horses had full armor and heavily armored knights so their max speed isn’t really affected only their acceleration. So sure if these horses were galloping at full tilt around 40 miles per hour, and considering the camera was moving at the pace of the horses we should add 40 mph to the speed you calculated. IMHO, Moondancer was moving between 190-200 miles an hour.

  • @arielallegretti9920
    @arielallegretti9920 2 місяці тому

    Vhagar's speed in the show is very confusing, she should be slow due to her age and size, however, she has no problem catching up with Arrax, SilverWing and Meleys (the fastest dragon in the kingdom), all of them more agile dragons.

    • @mindq4328
      @mindq4328  2 місяці тому +1

      Naaah, Arrax was slow in the storm and relaxed when he reached above the clouds. Silverwing was flying slow as to bait Vhagar into Dragonstone. Meleys was only sneaked attacked

    • @arielallegretti9920
      @arielallegretti9920 2 місяці тому

      @@mindq4328 With Arrax and Silverwing, I based it more on the fact that Vhagar managed to catch up with both even starting from behind, but you are right, there were reasons, the storm affected Arrax's speed, being a lighter dragon (leaving aside the specific moment of his death), and I did not take into account that Silverwing was flying slowly with his inexperienced rider.
      With the death of Meleys, not much to add, speed was not really the main parameter in their fight, I was just surprised that a dragon the size of Vhagar manages to get ahead and ambush her

  • @TeWhero
    @TeWhero 2 місяці тому +1

    What are dragons flying range? Can smaller dragons go further cos they’re not as heavy? Or do they use more energy because they gotta flap harder?

  • @breadybeans5427
    @breadybeans5427 2 місяці тому

    I feel like the larger dragons should be naturally faster since they are bigger and would need a lot of speed to stay airborne, though less agile of course cuz size.

  • @goddessofdesire
    @goddessofdesire 2 місяці тому

    You keep changing your stance on Meleys‘ size.

  • @Allyria920
    @Allyria920 2 місяці тому

    Alright, so now I’m going to ask a question I’ll get skewered for. Allow me to add context, I know this is a fantasy world and that I need to suspend disbelief. However, I’m wondering how they are able to fly without any type of protection at those speeds. Is it the old Valyrian blood magic or some magic in the world we just don’t know? Or is it something that the dragons are able to control for their riders to be comfortable? I’m open to any theories as well.

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    @robertomontini5479 2 місяці тому

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    @georgeolaroiu3807 3 місяці тому

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    @robertomontini5479 2 місяці тому

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  • @Tyrene
    @Tyrene 2 місяці тому

    MindQ using South African music for the video soundtrack was not what I was expecting from a Dragons video

  • @Jason-vy2og
    @Jason-vy2og 3 місяці тому

    Can you de a video with all the breeds

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    @georgeolaroiu3807 3 місяці тому

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  • @jzzz569
    @jzzz569 2 місяці тому

    So dragon farts clouds when flying at high speed

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    @georgeolaroiu3807 3 місяці тому

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  • @georgeolaroiu3807
    @georgeolaroiu3807 3 місяці тому

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  • @robertomontini5479
    @robertomontini5479 2 місяці тому +1

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  • @rexmexzilla
    @rexmexzilla 3 місяці тому

    Mhe a nuke is fater...

  • @janos5555
    @janos5555 3 місяці тому +1

    Your math is probably correct and it makes sense in the context of the show. For example when Vhagar follows Silverwing to Dragonstone. It would be a pretty weird scene if this chase was going on for 3-4 hours, but at speeds of over 300km/h it makes sense. But seriously did someone ever hold his hand out of a moving car or his head or drives a motorcycle. The winds would be insane and you would have a hard time holding on to your dragon.
    Edit: Those speeds might even be realistic. Some birds have cruising speeds of around 150km/h. The dragons are still twice as fast but fantasy I guess.

    • @randomguy4167
      @randomguy4167 2 місяці тому

      They are tied down to their saddles, but it’s true that the wind hitting their faces would be way stronger than what is shown on screen, it might even be painful.

  • @GoldenGodess87533
    @GoldenGodess87533 3 місяці тому

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  • @DeanBlackfyre
    @DeanBlackfyre 3 місяці тому

    I doubt they are as fast as 250mph. Have you tried sticking your head out of the car window on the motorway? Anything above 50mph takes your breath away. Impossible to see properly too. You'd need some sort of enclosed mount with a windscreen or at the very least, a biker helmet.

    • @janos5555
      @janos5555 3 місяці тому +1

      Would be really funny if they all had wind screens and eye protection. I am really glad they added sattles in the show, no way Dany rides Drogon the way we see in the show without falling down.

    • @NeffyLe
      @NeffyLe 2 місяці тому +1

      Fantasy bro. All of the super scientifically accurate stuff is out there window.
      But MindQ has some of the most accurate size estimates of these dragons and measured the time it took the dragons to fly their body length across a fixed scene which calculates a fairly accurate speed. Most of these dragons flying between 150-300 mph seems quite believable for creature their size and the corresponding lore.

    • @T4rgaryenApologist
      @T4rgaryenApologist 2 місяці тому

      This is a fantasy. Plus the dragons shouldn’t even be able to fly and yet here we are

    • @NeffyLe
      @NeffyLe 2 місяці тому

      @@T4rgaryenApologist I personally go back and forth on if they should be able to fly or if they shouldn’t. Anatomically, they have massive breast and shoulder muscles and bones reinforced with high levels of iron to provide extra rigidity. We also know very little about if their muscles function and fire the same as ours, if they have flight bladders or their mass. Based upon the aspect ratio of their wings and how small their bodies are in relationship to their wings, I’d assume their wing loading is proportional to that of an eagle, vulture or buteo. But chances are, probably not.

    • @wendellpeterson6755
      @wendellpeterson6755 2 місяці тому

      ​@@NeffyLeThe only dragon that could anatomically fly would be Syrax and Sunfyre. Their wings are huge and have a membrane that covers the entire torso.

  • @Michaeloyindoubra
    @Michaeloyindoubra 2 місяці тому

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  • @DevRaj-j7j
    @DevRaj-j7j 3 місяці тому

    But there is one dragon who faster than all these guys. A lot more faster. The guy just don't want to give you full details.

    • @AydenMcmillan-o3o
      @AydenMcmillan-o3o 2 місяці тому

      who?

    • @DevRaj-j7j
      @DevRaj-j7j 2 місяці тому

      @@AydenMcmillan-o3o Toothless of course. The guy hit Mach 1 in the movies. And he has defeated dragons bigger than balerion.

    • @goddessofdesire
      @goddessofdesire 2 місяці тому +1

      @@DevRaj-j7jwell it’s a cartoon dragon … ofc he’d be way faster

    • @DevRaj-j7j
      @DevRaj-j7j 2 місяці тому

      @@goddessofdesire animated is word. And so is meleys.

    • @goddessofdesire
      @goddessofdesire 2 місяці тому +1

      @@DevRaj-j7j are you dense ?
      Meleys might be animated but she’s animated into a real world, or at least realistic looking world with human actors next to her. You can’t stretch the boundaries of LA productions to the same level as you can with completely animated productions