I apologize for this slightly heavier than normal discussion of physics, but it helps me understand something I've been doing very wrong... I can't throw asym gear, even though I load it with everything including sanded surfacec and static weight...
Putting the following widely held thoughts together...
1. A ball doesn't begin to hook until it loses axis tilt and rotation.
2. Under current technology guidelines, static weights have minimal influence.
3. Surface has a much bigger effect.
4. Negative side and bottom can minimize hook (true in old technology)
5. Positive side, top, and finger all add distance, with positive side also contributing to overall hook.
Premise: if I ignore the WHAT of statics and emphasize the WHEN, it all makes sense. Although static weights may not be a major factor in creating hook as they were in the old days, positive side, top, (and I would also include finger) most surely can delay the hook potential of current technology balls beyond optimal distance.
Therefore, saying that statics have minimal influence is harmful and misleading. It really needs to change from a physical factor to a timing factor. In fact, it would be easy to state that statics do, in fact, have a potentially LARGE impact since they can delay the reaction from taking place within the necessary distance range.
Regarding surface, you may say a polished surface "stores energy", but it's not a 100% factor and never could be from the laws of physics since friction still comes into play at a value > 0 no matter what. So, instead of losing energy by changing surface, I could POTENTIALLY employ static weight to change the WHEN and have more energy stored for the reaction instead of losing energy by changing surface.
Conclusion: It's fair to say that changing statics not only helps the reaction begin within the required distance, it also lends to a stronger reaction since the reaction is enabled earlier and with more energy potential.
Therefore, particularly for a low-rev semi-spinner like me, the following would be true:
1. Static weight is a potentially major consideration
2. Going negative can help much more than hurt (rule 4 must be false today, or at least greatly overruled by technology)
From a physics viewpoint, this all seems to be logical, but I never considered it until I changed the thought of statics from WHAT to WHEN...
Was this obvious to everyone except me?
--------------------
Signature? I don't need no stinking signature...
