How fast does a football spin when a quarterback throws it?

Subject: How fast does a football spin when a quarterback throws it?

Date: Wed Feb 21 16:05:11 2001
Posted by Nancy
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Area of science: Physics
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I work with a group that does computational fluid dynamics modeling, although I 
am not an engineer or scientist. I have been trying to find out the speed and 
rate of spin of a thrown football so we can model the air flow around it. Speed 
I got. RPMs I don't. I've searched high and low and asked others, to no avail. 
Thank you!!

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