ORIGINAL: TFOX
ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Thanks, Cooter. I wonder who they think is reading this stuff?
all things being equal, heavier and denser objects traveling at the same speed as lighter objects will have greater momentum.
All things CAN'T be equal if we're comapring heavy to light. They'd have to be shot at differing draw weights for that to be true.
Putting it another way, it is more difficult to stop a heavy arrow, which means it will penetrate more deeply".
Again....I suppose the fact that the lighter arrow would be traveling faster is a non-issue????????
Me thinks you guys are over analyzing his statement. He said nothing out of the same bow. It's a very simple example to understand momentum, nothing more.
A heavier arrow traveling at the same speed as a lighter arrow, the heavier arrow will have more momentum and penetrate further.
It's that simple.
Now we can get difficult and it's obvious to everyone that a 350 grain arrow shot out of the same bow as a 500 grain arrow will shoot much, much faster and at the same poundaage, the KE would remain relatively if not the same.
The problem is that most of us CAN NOT get a heavy arrow going the same speed as a lighter one,Apples and oranges.
No Fox it isn't.
It's a very generic example....
Example one, a Mathews Switchback shooting a 350 grain arrow at 280 fps.
Example two, my 82nd shooting a 465 grain arrow at 280 fps.
Which has a great momentum.
It's a very generic statement to understand momentum. Nothing more. We're over thinking these easy to understand statements.
We all know and it's common sense that it can't be out of the same bow, same poundage etc....that's not what I read in that statement at all.
A heavy arrow has more momentum than a lighter arrow traveling at the same speed. It's simple and generic.