"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
.. .
So by the spring theory, damage WOULD be linearly propotional to the speed
while proportional to the square root of the mass - i.e. doesn't rise as
fast. Given the earlier example:

X_goose = 120*sqrt(14/k) ~= 449 * sqrt(1/k)
X_wt = 15*sqrt(1000/k) ~= 474 * sqrt(1/k)

Hmmm - interesting that they are still comparable with this selection of
weights and speeds!

The new numbers are just the square roots of double the old numbers, so
they're pretty much guaranteed to still be comparable. :-)

--Gary