ORIGINAL: Red B.
britbrat wrote:
The German Junkers, were corrugated metal
Yes, but that was for structural reasons, not aerodynamic. If possible the corrugations were aligned along the airflow.
If you could get a golf ball to work without spinning, the best solution would be a clean smooth front face & dimples, or turbulators of some other description, on the back side.
Yes, but on the other hand the spinning is a good thing because it gives rise to the Magnus force which modifies the flight path of the golf ball (usually increasing the range and causing the ball to fall towards the ground with less forward velocity, thus reducing the ground roll)
/Red B.
Uh--- Red, britbrat didn't write anything about the Junkers -- wrong attribution [&:]
You are correct re. the magnus force. If you look at my post, it said, "IF you could get a golf ball to work without spinning ---"
