A golf ball flattening out

[IIIII]

Looks fake but I dunno much about golf balls.


[youtube]AkB81u5IM3I[/youtube]

http://www.flixxy.com/golf-ball-slow-motion.htm

[Mirana]

Obviously fake? golf balls are solid objects.

[Rainycity]

Originally Posted by robyextreme

Obviously fake? golf balls are solid objects.

youd be surprised what hi speed does to things, go back to school kid.

[IIIII]

Originally Posted by robyextreme

Obviously fake? golf balls are solid objects.

Can golf balls deform that dramatically? What you see in this clip is happening in less than 1/1000 th of a second. That's too fast for the human eye to perceive in detail, but a super-slow motion camera can capture it. Editor's note: The footage comes from the BBC and was shown during golf coverage. We were unable to establish whether a regulation golf ball or a 'practice ball' (with higher elasticity) was used for this experiment. It looks like a more flexible ball than the one Canadian golf champion Jason Zuback used to break the world ball speed record on the Sports Science episode, where he accelerated a golf ball to a speed of 328 km/h (204 mph).

http://www.flixxy.com/golf-ball-slow-motion.htm

Stallers are far softer than a normal golf ball, allowing them to be compressed far more easily and are given greater backspin when hit. Both of these give the ball a huge amount of lift, producing shots that climb very high into the air with very little distance traveled over the ground. In the right conditions, such a ball may travel backwards along its flight path or even perform a loop-de-loop.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_ball

[underOATH]

Originally Posted by robyextreme

Obviously fake? golf balls are solid objects.

implying solid objects cant bend or break. ever heard of the word malleable, or elastic? apparently not.

[bleh]

Oh it's real.

[Mantikore]

If i recall, golf balls are rubber/liquid on the inside, and either PU or PMMA on the outside, both of which can deform to that level. Normally with that kind of force these materials will still break, but because its in a ball shape, it doesnt have a means to start tearing

[DiStOrTiOn]

yeah they're hard rubber

they are made to deform a bit on strike. It has something to do with better energy transfer

[DrDomino]

Originally Posted by Mantikore

If i recall, golf balls are rubber/liquid on the inside, and either PU or PMMA on the outside, both of which can deform to that level. Normally with that kind of force these materials will still break, but because its in a ball shape, it doesnt have a means to start tearing

Wow, I actually learned something from Zoklet. I had always thought golf balls were filled with rubber bands, or just a big rubber band ball with a hard shell casing over it.