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Is Throwing a Knife with No Spin Actually More Effective?
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[QUOTE="Aurelius120, post: 6571950, member: 691593"] [B]Homework Statement:[/B] I have heard that if you spin a knife it hits harder than if allowed to fly tangentially [B]Relevant Equations:[/B] NA [B]They say that a rotating knife thrown is more dangerous than a knife thrown straight[/B] I find it weird [LIST] [*][I]If the knife is rotating, it will experience more air drag than if thrown straight which will also depend on plane of rotation([B]For some reason, I don't know, it experiences more drag if rotated in horizontal plane than if in the vertical plane)[/B][/I] [*][I]One end of it will have greater velocity than it could have in pure translation but hey! There is no saying which end will hit the target and that end will probably have maximum velocity(as in rolling motion)[/I] [/LIST] So does that actually mean any advantage [/QUOTE]
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