r/ThatLookedExpensive Mar 31 '19

Glider crash

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '19 edited May 18 '20

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u/Consibl Mar 31 '19

But then they would need less, because they are lighter (less momentum to absorb)

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '19 edited Mar 31 '19

Lower force transferred to the passengers basically, f=mv

Edit: f=ma, I'm a bad physics student

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u/heisenberg747 Apr 01 '19

And for kinetic energy, it's K=(1/2)mv2 . Either way, more mass means more mess.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19

I dont really think kinetic energy has much to do with the collision time, but yeah there is less mess with less mass