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It probably could have been simpler and lighter if it accelerated the knife using rollers like a baseball throwing machine. It would have also eliminated the pr
by fluoridation 3y ago
It probably could have been simpler and lighter if it accelerated the knife using rollers like a baseball throwing machine. It would have also eliminated the problem of calculating how much to spin the knife.
- dsr_ 3y agoKnives are not particularly aerodynamically stable. (Not these, anyway.) They need some spin to avoid tumbling erratically. Nobody cares which point on a baseball hits the bat, although they do care about spin because it contributes to path changes via aerodynamic effects.
- Someone 3y agoI don’t think the typical knife is stable in flight that way. In my layman’s physics, the knife edge will keep pointing forwards if the knife handle would decelerate faster than the knife blade, when thrown that way in isolation. So, you either need more mass in the knife blade or more air resistance in the knife handle to get that.