The "2.3-4-5 triangle" :)

[alukban]

Want the ideal 30 degree "hangle"?

It would be great if there were a simple rule like the "3-4-5 triangle" worked but it gets you to about 37 degrees.

I figured out that you can use a similarly simple rule and just use a "2.3-4-5 triangle"

Half of your typical 10' long hammock is "5" or the hypoteneuse and "4" will be the horizontal. The "2.3" will be the vertical sag.

E.g.
If your two trees are thus 16' apart, scaling the "2.3-4-5" triangle by 2 to get your 30 degree hang (with your 10' long hammock) will put your suspension line (2 x 2.3') = 4.6' up the tree trunk and put the bottom of your hammock right on the ground.Shift the suspension up the tree trunk further to dial in your desired hang height

[pgibson]

My head hurts.




Math Bad, Hammock Good.

The 30° thing is meant to be a general ball park soft rule. Pointing your thumb up and your index finger out like a kid playing guns will give you a pretty close angle to 30 when you look at the suspension line running down from thumb to finger. But for the most part just slap it up there and jump in to feel how the hang feels to you...comfortable then good to go...not comfortable then tweak it and adjust until it's good.

[alukban]

I totally agree

[MAD777]

Thanks for the math lesson, now go back to sleep in your hammock, lol.

That is an easy to remember trick but at the end of a high mileage hiking day, I will probably stick to the thumb and index finger method.

[Boston]

I prefer to just use my fingers to judge angle. No thinking, or math, required - not that I don't like thinking, or math!

[novasquid]

i use an app with an inclinometer. is that a real word?

[Ridge_Dog]

I have the app but end up using the finger/thumb method

[ShooTa]

thumb finger method - pew pew.

[Ridge_Dog]

thumb finger method - pew pew.

lol. +1

[alukban]

+2

The "pew pew method" it is