Yale professor is on to something....

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Brian Manzella

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There was a Yale Applied Physics professor, Robert Grober, who spent some time with me at MIT explaining how the club could make a straight line through the ball WITHOUT any kind of vertical hinge.

I tested it under a 256x factor on Adobe Freehand MX, and...guys and gals...he is right!

I don't know what to DO with the info right now, but...

I thought I would let ya'll in on it.

It is important at least for one philosophical reason:

Where else on the internet or in traditional media, would you here of a story like this?

Who else is smart enough to TEST it first?

Who else is open minded enough to listen and TRY it.

;)

That's why they'll never catch me.
 
tongzilla

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Tell us more about it Brian. It wouldn't be on plane any more...unless the plane was vertical. I'd love to learn more too.
 
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Brian Manzella

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Leo...The Club is STILL "on plane'!

Arch...The release is done in a sequence that allows for "straight through the ball-at the target" Line of Compression.

BTS...nope, it uses our regular old accumulators.

Drew...it may be able to be repeated in the 'real world.'

More to follow!
 
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MizunoJoe

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I'm not surprised - I believe it can be done with the right combination of body rotation and pushing the hands out away from the body using an open stance.
 
Erik_K

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Brian,

Perhaps a picture showing us what this guy is trying to do might help us understand what he's getting at?
 
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EdZ

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How close was Nicklaus in his prime to this new perspective on hinge action ;)

What path/plane do the HANDS travel....
 
tongzilla

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quote:Originally posted by Tom Bartlett

I believe it is done by achieving a longer "flat spot".
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The bottom of any near-circle such as the Clubhead orbit with a five-foot radius (Left Arm and Club) is going to be relatively flat. Not perfectly flat, but relatively so.
 
mandrin

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quote:Originally posted by brianman

There was a Yale Applied Physics professor, Robert Grober, who spent some time with me at MIT explaining how the club could make a straight line through the ball WITHOUT any kind of vertical hinge.

I tested it under a 256x factor on Adobe Freehand MX, and...guys and gals...he is right!

I don't know what to DO with the info right now, but...

I thought I would let ya'll in on it.

It is important at least for one philosophical reason:

Where else on the internet or in traditional media, would you here of a story like this?

Who else is smart enough to TEST it first?

Who else is open minded enough to listen and TRY it.

;)

That's why they'll never catch me.
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Brian, I have posted on this specific issue before. It is quite conceivable to have the club head moving along a straight line even fore a considerable distance.

It is a matter of appropriate interaction between the various degrees of freedom in the system. The club shaft can remain constrained in one plane.

The less there are degrees of freedom the more it is difficult - but even for the most simple case of a 1 segment model it is still quite feasible.

There are two essential notions related to impact - velocity and alignment. Maximum velocity is probably more readily obtained by ‘circular’ motion. Precise repeatable impact alignments more readily obtained with an elongated flat spot.
 
mandrin

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Brian, you are learning fast. ;)

Previous reaction: "So what exactly are you saying?"
and now: "Mandrin, you are quite correct."
 
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