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Originally Posted by Roadam
For the magnus effect to work you have to have wind and rotation of the sphere must be big enough. By gymbaling the force could be only steered up or down while still being perpendicular to the wind. But it sure would be a small force.
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Erhmmm...no; I disagree. Spinning a floating sphere in still air will cause it to move directionally. Moreover, properly gymbaled, any vector for the axis is achievable and so any direction of travel achievable as well.
