Chart showing the forces on a hammock suspension

[Dutch]

There ia a great chart showing how as you change the angle of your suspension, you change the force. I want to use it for training tomorrow morning. Can anyone link me?

[Gresh]

http://theultimatehang.com/hammock-hang-calculator/

This the one?

[Dutch]

http://theultimatehang.com/hammock-hang-calculator/

This the one?

No, although I am printing that out too as training lititure, the one I mean show how the forces grow as the angle decreases. it was a chart. It may have been by Derek as well but I couldn't find it on his site.

[chefkeith]

This??

http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/show...imageuser=1908

[Dutch]

This??

http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/show...imageuser=1908

That one....
Many thanks

[Gresh]

Didn't even know that second one existed - saving that for future trainings! The calculator is awesome, but a handout is easy reference!

[Sunny Bear]

hammock angle physics.jpg
I took this chart to REI for them to use during their hammocking basics class. I thought it was a great visual illustration of how compounding forces work. They didn't use the chart or bring up how important hang angle is until I mentioned it at the end. I'm glad they had "experts" teaching the class!!

[WV]

That looks like Youngblood's chart from the old Yahoo Hammock Group forum, which Smee might have known about. Smee is a fine hammock engineer himself, so it may be original with him, too. In any case I think it's more accurate than other visual aids I have seen.

[gmcttr]

You can't use it as a hand out, but click and drag the weight to see how the load changes with the angle... http://tagsafety.com/library6.aspx

[Country Roads]

Wow, Definitely puts it in perspective. Hard to wrap the mind around it, but this makes it easy and real.