Re: GDT: NDSU vs Montana (Semifinals)
Originally Posted by
GreenfieldBison
The air is thinner at higher elevation and so there is less drag on the ball from friction and the ball will sail more.
If you want to bulk up your long drive ego go play some golf in Breckenridge, CO at 9,600 feet.
Edit: and in an interesting sort of paradox there is also less "lift" and so it is harder to get an aircraft airborne at altitude.
Edit 2: I'm not a physicist so this is all speculative but I don't think a thrown football will have as much increased relative carry as a flighted golfball at different altitudes. This is because the thrown football is spinning axially while the golf ball is spinning backwards. So for the golfball the air is traveling relatively faster over the top of the ball than the bottom, thereby generation some lift due to the lower pressure on top. The pressures are the same on the top and bottom of a thrown football. That all sounds right in my head anyway...
I am so sick of spherical earth propaganda.
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