[MR] Heavy Helms and inertia

[Dave Montuori]

Scripsit Charles Fleming:
> I used the example of equal sized billiard balls, but the equality isn't
> necessary for momentum transfer.  Compare, for example, the effects of
> swinging a golf club against a golf ball compared with swinging the same
> club against a keg of beer.  Or, crashing your car into a bicycle vs.
> crashing your car into a cement mixer.  The biggest mass always wins.

Would that it were that simple. Consider crashing your car into a deer.
The car has considerably bigger mass -- and still loses. (Though the deer
may not win either.) The basic idea is a sound starting point.

Evan (been there, sigh)