A robot applying maximum spin?

kgoods said:
New record just achieved...

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/05/03/hungary-Guinness-World-Records-ball-spin/6561683127812/#:~:text=May 3 (UPI) -- A,colliding with a second ball.
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I wonder if there are stipulations as to the type of ball, what is used to clean it, cloth used on the table. I figure if you had a newley polished ball and used some wax on it on a very slick cloth, you would get a large amount of spin. My son and I were trying it, we only got to about 20 seconds max on the table and balls we used, with 16 being more common.
 
hang-the-9 said:
I wonder if there are stipulations as to the type of ball, what is used to clean it, cloth used on the table. I figure if you had a newley polished ball and used some wax on it on a very slick cloth, you would get a large amount of spin. ...
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Wait for brand new cloth. Iron it. Spray on a little silicone. Also put silicone on the cue ball except for where the tip will hit. None of that will show up on camera. I managed to get 45 seconds on a carom table once, but carom cloth is thin and carom balls are larger. I also shot the cue ball into the stick and not the stick into the cue ball. That gives about a 30% boost in equivalent stick speed.

I'm impressed by how little follow/draw the shooter in the Guinness clip got on the ball.
 
DaWizard said:
...what generates most spin? A hit close to the center with "industrialisatie force"? Or a hit close to the edge, at the limit of miscueing?
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It's pretty obvious (to me at least) that hitting farther from center ball generates more spin, and closer to center ball generates more speed.

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Bob Jewett said:
Wait for brand new cloth. Iron it. Spray on a little silicone. Also put silicone on the cue ball except for where the tip will hit. None of that will show up on camera. I managed to get 45 seconds on a carom table once, but carom cloth is thin and carom balls are larger. I also shot the cue ball into the stick and not the stick into the cue ball. That gives about a 30% boost in equivalent stick speed.

I'm impressed by how little follow/draw the shooter in the Guinness clip got on the ball.
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Not getting draw on the cue ball is the trick to this shot. Any draw or follow slows down the cue ball. Looks like he broke Florians record by a couple of seconds. I have tried the spin shot on a carom table before as well. It was not heated but brand new felt and I got 56 seconds. Fun times.
 
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