Re: golf ball dimples

[Robert Myers <rmyers@wvit.wvnet.edu>]

Yew guys got it *all* skrooed up.  Golf balls got dimples 'cause the
designer thinks thy're cute.  :-)

Jeeesh, how did we get this far afield?  I thought this was the quattro list.

At 05:27 PM 7/26/96 -0500, you wrote:
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>I believe the dimples on golf balls reduce the tendency of air pressure to
>build up on on side or the other due to spin.  This lessens to tendency to
>hitting curve balls.  I read this in some science in sports book as a wee
>bairn.
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>I don't know if dimples in a Golf will stop it from spinning if you hit it
>off center.
>
>I usually hit them really square or miss them completely (would have saved
>the Titanic....
>
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>Date: Thursday, 25-Jul-96 06:34 PM
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>From: Andrew J. Speer          \ Internet:    (aspeer@mail.utexas.edu)
>To:   q g                      \ Internet:    (quattro@coimbra.ans.net)
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>Subject: Re: Crazy weather (extr. low Audi content)
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>>>Well, you know they put dimples on golf balls to make them
>>>go further and faster. Why wouldn't it work for cars, too?
>>
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>I may be all wet, but I think the idea behind the dimples is that it helps
>provide lift.  Lift and cars usually don't work well together (visions of a
>chevy with a jato unit come to mind) unless you want lift of the inverse (i.
>e. downward) variety.  Dunno if the dimples actually reduce drag.
>
>Andrew.
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