Can Katsuki Bakugo fly as much as he wants with his explosion quirk?


In My Hero Academia, we see several times Bakugo using his explosion quirk to
lift himself to mid-air and fly to increase his speed. How much can he uses
this technique to fly? Can he fly as much as he wants or is he limited to fly
a few metres above the ground?




I can't remember this being elaborated in the manga, but since it is very
serious of the mechanics of the quirks, we can find out ourselves. I'll use
this [page](http://bokunoheroacademia.wikia.com/wiki/Katsuki_Bakugo) as
reference.

> Katsuki's Quirk allows him to sweat nitroglycerin from his palms and
> detonate it at will to create explosions.

So as long as he sweats, he can fly. This effect is in fact achieved by being
on the right side of the shock wave of the explosion. However:

> These explosions, especially when used repeatedly in rapid succession, were
> actually shown to have a negative impact on Katsuki's arms.

So there is a limit.

To actually fly and not just "jump" midair, he would need to navigate the
explosions constantly, adjusting their strength and also needing a really big
amount stored if he wants to fly long distances, which on the other hand he
needs to carry.

So if Bakugo wanted to fly, think of him as an Iron Man without repulsors in
his shoes (allowing him only to navigate and accelerate/decelerate with the
hands) on short fuel with every second of the repulsors being on taking a
burden on his arms. Not really flying.




I can't remember this being elaborated in the manga, but since it is very
serious of the mechanics of the quirks, we can find out ourselves. I'll use
this [page](http://bokunoheroacademia.wikia.com/wiki/Katsuki_Bakugo) as
reference.

> Katsuki's Quirk allows him to sweat nitroglycerin from his palms and
> detonate it at will to create explosions.

So as long as he sweats, he can fly. This effect is in fact achieved by being
on the right side of the shock wave of the explosion. However:

> These explosions, especially when used repeatedly in rapid succession, were
> actually shown to have a negative impact on Katsuki's arms.

So there is a limit.

To actually fly and not just "jump" midair, he would need to navigate the
explosions constantly, adjusting their strength and also needing a really big
amount stored if he wants to fly long distances, which on the other hand he
needs to carry.

So if Bakugo wanted to fly, think of him as an Iron Man without repulsors in
his shoes (allowing him only to navigate and accelerate/decelerate with the
hands) on short fuel with every second of the repulsors being on taking a
burden on his arms. Not really flying.

