Unless the polearm is at least as heavy as you (which is unreasonable for a long weapon) you always will be the center of gravity (at the end of the shaft) Instead of the middle of the polearm. (So lever doesn’t help you with it) Which leads to longer polearms harder to handle, and needing more strength fo function.
i absolutely adore them as you can probably guess by the fact that i spent so long trying to make danganronpa roleplays work as an actual way of allowing for interesting user-generated murder mysteries before giving up
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instead i’m probably going to turn my hand to writing whodunnits myself
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Polearms are primarily thrust weapons, so no you’re not really getting a mechanical advantage. You’re getting a reach advantage.
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of course it’s fol who knows things about medieval weaponry
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Okay well im not sure of the appropriate physics terms at this point. I dont know if the word lever was correct. My original point, that you replied to, is my claim that a skinny warrior using a one handed axe/mace would deliver weaker blows than a skinny warrior with a polearm
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if i finish the mystery i’ll probably like. i don’t know, send it in installments here or something before moving towards an actual form of publication
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This is what you spent time reflecting?!
Men this days… grumble grumble…
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i figure it’s what i owe the community even though i’m mostly inactive here nowadays. even now after all this time, though, what i liked about this place remains.
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Yes; i dont see the relation to the original post
I don’t think this is accurate, no. I think you’re overestimating the strength required to swing a mace with sufficient force, and misunderstanding the physics of how these weapons are used.
You were talking about lever. Both in the axe/mace strike and the polearms swings.
(the physic term) Lever is usually associated with scales, or scale-like movements.
In the case of axe/mace it was obvious, it what the lever was used for the striking motion.
But I couldn’t imagine the first time, why would you say the lever helps with the polearm’s physics, so I made the parallel between the axe and the polearm.
(The horizontal movement of the polearm isn’t in the favor of the wielder, since the polearm acts as a one-sided scale (with the wielder in the centre of gravity), so you can’t measure lever from the middle of the polearm.)
When you chop wood you hold the axe at the end instead of the middle. The longer leverage helps. If you were the hold the axe at the middle, or near the head, it would be more difficult to chop the wood
you hold the axe near the head all the time wdym
it’s only when the axe is going down that you move your hand to the end of the handle :P
One hand is at the head. One hand is at the bottom. The hand at the head slides down to join the one at the bottom. You cant (shouldnt) hold it with both hands at the head
The hand that is gripping the axe at the bottom doesn’t go lower you cant just let go of the axe
Yes, but when you chopping wood, you strike the woods down, and not swinging at them.
It’s the difference of a vertical lever (striking/woodchooping), and horizontal lever (sweeping/swinging).
Try chopping wood next time with horizontal movement instead of vertical, and you would see the difference.
(Also I bet you wouldn’t be able to choop wood with polearm either… It’s no wonder chooping axes are as long as they are.)
Brother if you’re swinging around a polearm you’re whipping around a thing that is heavier than a one-handed war hammer, mace, or battle axe. Without gravity, you’re the one putting the velocity into it. You’re using two hands which means that when you’re not swinging it, it needs to be up and pointed at your opponent with the weight further away from your body which means that the lever is working against you. A one-handed weapon is held closer to the body, and at a less extreme angle.
yes im aware
odds are extremely high i have felled more trees than you lel