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It doesn't matter. You don't have to measure something perfectly and exactly to decide if it's an avenue of research worth exploring. If turns are designed to l
by SamWhited 6y ago
It doesn't matter. You don't have to measure something perfectly and exactly to decide if it's an avenue of research worth exploring. If turns are designed to limit G-forces to 5G, and you put sensors on your helmet and they're reading 55G when your head hits the ice, that's probably an indication that further research is required.
- crististm 6y agoYou could have >55G when you stay in your room and bump your head against the wall
- SamWhited 6y agoYes, but you don't do that over and over again every day. Unless you like practicing bumping your head against a wall, but it's not a sport I've ever heard of.
- crististm 6y agook - You have a point. Researching this area is worth it. Can you see that the others also have a point? That is, measuring helmet g-forces is a proxy to find head g-forces but they are not one and the same? However, the real issue is not g-forces on _corners_ it is the g-forces on _head/helmet hitting the ice_ where 5 g from the first are rounding errors compared to 55g from the second.
- SamWhited 6y ago"measuring helmet g-forces is a proxy to find head g-forces but they are not one and the same" I don't think I said they were, just that it's a worthwhile thing to measure to see if you should start finding a way to get better measurements. I agree they are not the same and this is not a definitive study. This is often how science works, you do something quick and easy. If it came out that it was only ever minor forces on the outside of the helmet, it's probably not worth investigating since the forces inside the helmet will be even less. If they're huge, repeated forces, it's probably worth trying to come up with a better rig to measure actual force and see if it's above a healthy level.