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High School Whacking a golfball down a marble corridor
Cheers for the input chap, the more we’ve thought about it the more complex it gets but I have to admit we did not take into account the curvature of the Earth over such a distance we assumed gravity and air resistance would’ve stopped it long before curvature would have an impact, as for spin…...- RJ MAcready
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- Forum: Mechanics
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High School Whacking a golfball down a marble corridor
Title says it all really, myself and others on another forum have oft pondered how far a golf ball would travel before coming to a rest if you were to whack it straight down an infinite marble corridor, assuming there are no height restrictions and taking into account the swing from a top...- RJ MAcready
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- Forum: Mechanics