Re: [ATM] Wind resistance & golf balls

[Ken Lowther <hermit@outofoptions.org>]

Quoting Roger Chisholm-Batten <rogecb@tiscali.co.uk>:

> At a recent viewing session the wind got up a bit and started shaking 
> my 8.75 inch sonotube scope.  A friend who was observing with me 
> commented adversely. He is a keen golfer and suggested that I think 
> laterally and take the example of a golf ball.
>
> To cut resistance golf balls have regular indentations all over. The 
> suggestion was that I do the same with my tube.
>
> Advice please.  How many indentations per square inch would you 
> recommend and would hitting a round hammer head against the tube be 
> sufficient to create permanent dents?
>
> I appreciate that objective views may be a little thin on the ground 
> as this is such a giant leap in ATM thinking.so few ATMers would have 
> contemplated let alone performed the proposed.  All ideas appreciated.
>
Golf balls are designed to be smacked at what?  Average Golfer: 82 mph -95 mph

Tour Professionals: 110 mph – 127 mph

Long Drive Professionals (like Pinnacle’s and RhodyGolf.com’s Dan 
Boever) 135 mph –145 mph

It is a little round sphere that is expected to travel about 300 yards 
average max?  And it rotates adding another dimension.

This relates to your scope design how?  It was suggested years ago that 
baseball players should do this to their bats.  Hasn't happened. Why?  
Probably no practical gain in return for the effort.

I would think the same would be true here.  Adding a little mass would 
probably be easier and more effective.

But I am not an engineer.  I could be all wrong.  As usual. ;-)

Ken

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