I may have given the wrong impression, but I'm with you in believing an OB can be made to curve, if that's what you believe. Physics says it absolutely will curve when contacted above the horizontal equator and also acquires a sidespin component from friction. Obviously, because of the limits of induced spin, it isn't going to curve all that much, and it'll happen over a very short distance due to speed constraints when contacted at higher latitudes, but curve it will.
As far as making it curve with a non-airborne cueball, good luck.
Jim
Not at all Jim. I know you believe the object ball can be made to bend.
I was just teasing because you agreed with most of us that the video didn't seem to prove that the object ball could be made to curve. As far as this video is concerned, I think Barton is safe from having to pay.
In my opinion, I think it is fair to say that any video could be suspect so John should just withdraw his offer, although I know he meant it in good faith.
There are people on both sides of the fence saying the object ball can and cannot be bent as illustrated.
If the only way the object ball can be made to bend is for the cue ball to go airborne, how do we know if the airborne cue ball, didn't create enough minor hop/bounce on the object ball (which it will) to barely skirt the impeding object ball?
Either way, JB Cases is off the hook in my opinion..:smile: