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<blockquote data-quote="llamatron2000" data-source="post: 3387168" data-attributes="member: 33814">I'm pretty sure that if you put a rock on the end of a stick with a cup on it and throw it, that it will go a far shorter distance than if you were to sling it with a rope of equal length to the stick.&nbsp; By your reasoning, the rock slung with the stick should go further.&nbsp; I'm saying that adding a flexible point onto the lever generates more of a mechanical advantage, at least in some situations.But...on another note, I think that this may depend on the strength of the wielder.When you add a flexible point to a weapon, you are lessening the leverage put into it, because you can no longer put your strength into it.&nbsp; However, the velocity should go up in multiples, since you are adding another system with mechanical advantage to the weapon.&nbsp; I'm no physicist, but....speed = energy?I'm pretty sure there's an upper limit to the speed at which the flail's head can travel, too.&nbsp; Since the flail is not delivering ANY of your strength into the blow, this means that there's an effective 'damage cap' on it that cannot be surpassed by any amount of brute strength greater than that which reaches the damage cap.&nbsp; Which means that maces become more attractive when the amount of work put in reaches a certain point(what this point is, and if its within human norms, I'm not sure.)This means that a stick actually does provide more leverage, but the flail's head is delivering more damage with considerably less effort.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="llamatron2000, post: 3387168, member: 33814"] I'm pretty sure that if you put a rock on the end of a stick with a cup on it and throw it, that it will go a far shorter distance than if you were to sling it with a rope of equal length to the stick. By your reasoning, the rock slung with the stick should go further. I'm saying that adding a flexible point onto the lever generates more of a mechanical advantage, at least in some situations. But...on another note, I think that this may depend on the strength of the wielder. When you add a flexible point to a weapon, you are lessening the leverage put into it, because you can no longer put your strength into it. However, the velocity should go up in multiples, since you are adding another system with mechanical advantage to the weapon. I'm no physicist, but....speed = energy? I'm pretty sure there's an upper limit to the speed at which the flail's head can travel, too. Since the flail is not delivering ANY of your strength into the blow, this means that there's an effective 'damage cap' on it that cannot be surpassed by any amount of brute strength greater than that which reaches the damage cap. Which means that maces become more attractive when the amount of work put in reaches a certain point(what this point is, and if its within human norms, I'm not sure.) This means that a stick actually does provide more leverage, but the flail's head is delivering more damage with considerably less effort. [/QUOTE]

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