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Direct Loading of Dyneema Slings 13-Apr-2010 At 5:18:34 PM aarond

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On 12/04/2010 patto wrote:

>Thus if you understood fall factors you would understand that a factor
>1 fall on indentical material produces the same peak force for 60m, 6m
>and 60cm. You really shouldn't be falling on static slings.

Doesn't momentum come into play aswell? which is Mass x Velocity. so if you fall further you will be falling faster, means you have more momentum, means more energy and force. is that right??

Also from the basic Force = Mass x Accel

if you fall further, you will fall faster.
if you stop over the same distance, (which you can assume close to 0) from 5-0m/s will produce more force than from going from 0.5-0m/s
is that right or am i wrong???

isnt it the same as if you throw a steel ball at a glass window. throw it slowly (ie a small fall) it wont break the glass but if you throw it hard (a big fall, more speed) it will break the glass...

I mean i understand you don't want to fall directly onto a static sling because there is no shock absorption and there is still i large impact force but if your moving very slow doesn't it decrease the force?????