yaahhhh....it takes along time to build up the chakra for it, but once you get the chakra built up then you can sort of use it istantanously.
by the time kakashi had enough built up enough he only had enough chakra to use it twice, once to take out the nail, and the other time to take out the missile. and it sort of still took some time(the nail took less time because it was small) but it still took a little of time to take out the missile. and like the other guy said there was the other body as well.
i think it foolows the laws of physics
more mass = more energy