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Originally Posted by botsapper

Ecomodders want more performance...from dimples. The golf industry knows when you have a good thing & wants more distance & less drag... just add more dimples!!!
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Given the proper speed, a smooth sphere can go farther than a dimpled sphere. It all depends on the Reynolds number. The ball that would go farthest for an average lady does not have the same dimple design as the one that would go farthest for a pro long distance driver. The ball that goes farthest would be the one with dimples adapting themselves to the surface airspeed.

In theory dimples could work on some part of bluff bodies, but not to the extend they measured. Especially since they dimpled everything. It makes no sense whatsoever to dimple surfaces where the flow is laminar to start with.

I just don't like the way they tested it.