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Old 04-02-2006, 09:42 PM
Toolish Toolish is offline
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Originally Posted by rchang72
BTW, have to check my physics books, but the circular motion of an object gives it a tangental and radial force. The combination is why an object will go in a circle and not either drive into the center or fly off in a tangent. When the circular force hits an independent object, the force calculation on the ball would be (the mass of the clubhead) X (tangential acceleration)
A object travelling in a circle does NOT have tangential force.

Force gives acceleration. If it had tangential force it would go faster or slower around the circle.

Last edited by Toolish : 04-02-2006 at 11:00 PM.
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