Surprising Applications of The Magnus Effect

This video explains the Magnus Effect in a fascinating way. It illustrates what happens if you give a ball just a little bit of a backspin while you drop it off a cliff, how you get sailboats that don't look like sailboats at all and why an aeroplane with cilinders instead of a propeller existed.

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