Unless you can guarantee no variance in wind speed or direction, however slight, or that the finger depressing the stop watch button at the exact same second, every single time, just to cite two of many variables, what you have is a Boy Scout Merit Badge project, not anything remotely resembling real research.
Sent from my iPad On Aug 7, 2012, at 3:06 AM, Philip Williamson <philip.william...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday, August 6, 2012 5:16:03 PM UTC-7, z-man wrote: > Not talking about a few centimeters. That's never even been suggested. I'm > talking about 12 or 20 mm bigger. > > I missed the antecedent for this. > > > You're not going to determine what rolls faster by rolling down a hill and > measuring with a stop watch. > > I can't think of another method to rank two rolly things except by rolling > them, timing the speeds, and comparing the results. > > Genuinely puzzled, > Philip > biketinker.com > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/pBCUUB9POcEJ. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
