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Re(1): "Home run ball" - fact or fiction?

Posted on May 18, 2014 at 11:57:15 AM by Craig G

The physics of it make me a non-believer

Which raises the burning question: How much do you actually KNOW about the physics?

You've got the Magnus Effect to consider, as well the Kutta-Joukowski Lift Theorem.

Here's a link to a NASA page - you can see it gets pretty complicated.

NASA Spinnng Ball

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