Timeline for Why does spinning a golf ball one way make it go further than spinning it the other way?
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| Nov 28, 2019 at 16:10 | answer | added | user248391 | timeline score: 0 | |
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| Aug 30, 2015 at 17:24 | answer | added | Asher | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 17:05 | comment | added | WhatRoughBeast | @Aron - The OP specifically asked about side spin, not back spin. | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 16:21 | answer | added | Gert | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 4:43 | comment | added | Aron | Here is a YouTube video showing the effect in action youtube.com/watch?v=QtP_bh2lMXc | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 4:42 | comment | added | Aron | The magnus effect. In very simple terms, the spinning ball drags the air to spin around it. A back spinning ball will therefore push the air behind it downwards. Newton's 3rd says, therefore that pushes the ball upwards. | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 2:03 | comment | added | user81619 | Have a read of this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect or this: physics.stackexchange.com/q/143455 | |
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