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Date Posted: 18:09:19 01/13/03 Mon
Author: EcoDrive
Author Host/IP: 24.236.173.232
Subject: Re: DUH! Dimples on a painball! Million dollar idea.
In reply to: Nico 's message, "DUH! Dimples on a painball! Million dollar idea." on 01:16:55 12/27/02 Fri

It would never work. It only works on a golf ball because when the ball comes off the face of the club it has backspin, which causes lift, which in turn gives longer distances. When a paintball comes out of the barrel, you have no control of which way it spins. (unless you have a flatline type barrel setup) If it came out spinning sideways, you'd get some really wicked curves, just like when you bust a ball in the barrel. Just my 2c...

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