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Explain How Aerodynamics Utilized Outside Aviation

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How is aerodynamics utilized outside aviation?

Most people don't realize how aerodynamics and atmospheric conditions affect the way a pitcher, or baseball player throws a common baseball. When a pitcher throws a common "fastball" everything that affects an aircraft such as: wind, gravity, the air density, temperature, and even humidity of the air affect the outcome of his or her ball. When the pitcher throws a "curve ball" the seams of the baseball, which is also spinning, actually cut into the air and allow the direction of the ball to change. If the MLB were to change the standard regulation baseball by either its weight, or its size, the pitcher will have to compensate for this change because it now will have a different affect while cutting
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