Spinless shots

[nataddrho]

I'm doing an experiment.

How many degrees per second of spin would you consider a cue ball to have no affect, and realistically equivalent to a perfectly spinless shot?

 

[mikewhy]

Depends how far it has to go. When it's where it needs to be, 0 is the numerically and logically correct answer.

 

[Bob Jewett]

I'm doing an experiment.

How many degrees per second of spin would you consider a cue ball to have no affect, and realistically equivalent to a perfectly spinless shot?

If you mean sidespin, I suppose you could set it at a level where it changes the path of the object ball less than 1/10th of the effective width of the pocket as compared to a totally spinless ball. This will depend on cut angle, speed, and distance to the pocket. Or pick a fraction that you like.

 

[nataddrho]

If you mean sidespin, I suppose you could set it at a level where it changes the path of the object ball less than 1/10th of the effective width of the pocket as compared to a totally spinless ball. This will depend on cut angle, speed, and distance to the pocket. Or pick a fraction that you like.

We will find out. Working on something new...

 

[hang-the-9]

I'm doing an experiment.

How many degrees per second of spin would you consider a cue ball to have no affect, and realistically equivalent to a perfectly spinless shot?

Lots of factors there, speed of the shot, type of shaft used are the main ones. You can use side spin and have deflection and swerve counter each other and end up with a straight shot to where you are aiming.

 

[Cracktherack]

Today scientists believe that mass is equivalent to energy and the total mass before and after a given process is exactly the same only if the energy gained or lost in the process is taken into account. The equivalence of mass and energy was deduced from the theory of relativity. The concept is of importance in calculations dealing with fast-moving particles contained in pool balls, may predictably be calculated, but the farther away from point of impact, the greater variance in the widening of angle is seen. In everyday processes the amount of mass redirected by a pool cue tip as energy, however diligent the stroke is to deliver it on a tangent line, regardless butt elevation, elbow twist, wrist snap and dead matter poke, is insignificant and the law of conservation of mass is still considered to hold true, in regards to one-dimensional inertia, such as the striking of a pool ball.