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floating a ping pong ball in air?
with an upward facing blower, i can float a ping pong ball in the air [to do with bernoulli's principle] but a downward facing cone will not float, i was just wondering why a ball will float in air, yet a cone will not [the cone has a small weight in it.
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- John CLv 52 decades agoFavorite Answer
The air is reflecting around the cone and not pushing on it enough OR it weights too much.
Try getting a cone that weighs the same as the ball and see what happens.
- 2 decades ago
It's because of the circle ball. The air is able to move around it and release whereas the cone gets caught
