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Old 01-24-2009, 02:03 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Intrigued View Post
I've heard all along that dimples don't help wings and such. I wonder what it is that makes them help a golf ball in the first place. Everything just happens to be sized right???
In the aero sticky at the top of the aero forum page,I posted info for Reynolds Number effects and boundary layer phenomena.From the material you will understand that the small size of the golf ball benefits from the dimples,not larger structures.
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