So, I haven't written on my blog for nigh unto a year. Oh well, this year was so awesome if has to be a mystery.
Anyways, I figured I'd give this blog stuff another try and see how it goes.
Today for Dr. Hotchkiss's fluids lab me and the students went down to the IPF to have the pitcher for the softball team give us a taste of what drag and lift really mean in the real world. So, when an object spins fast enough it can create a low pressure feild on one side of it that can change the direction that the object is traveling. The best examples of this type of event come sports, curveball, top-spin jump serves, and what we played with today, the riser pitch in softball. It the opposite of a sinker in baseball and does just what it's name implys, rises. It was wicked hard to hit and only one guy in class connected to it and I think he might have just gotten lucky. Anyways, I had my chance and missed pretty badly. Thanks to BYU softball for letting us borrow your pitcher for an hour.
Anyways, I figured I'd give this blog stuff another try and see how it goes.
Today for Dr. Hotchkiss's fluids lab me and the students went down to the IPF to have the pitcher for the softball team give us a taste of what drag and lift really mean in the real world. So, when an object spins fast enough it can create a low pressure feild on one side of it that can change the direction that the object is traveling. The best examples of this type of event come sports, curveball, top-spin jump serves, and what we played with today, the riser pitch in softball. It the opposite of a sinker in baseball and does just what it's name implys, rises. It was wicked hard to hit and only one guy in class connected to it and I think he might have just gotten lucky. Anyways, I had my chance and missed pretty badly. Thanks to BYU softball for letting us borrow your pitcher for an hour.
HEY! I was so surprised to see that you had an update, I had to do a double take when I saw that you has a new post. That sounds like a pretty fun lab. It's cool to get a glimpse at what you are learning about everyday and I'm glad that you had some time to do something besides sit in a classroom and read.
ReplyDeleteGreat lesson Bill! Grandpa Jack would be so proud! Everything you are learning seems so nerdy and that is seriously meant as a compliment :-) Nerds are the best people in the world!
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