Baseball Physics Lab
Change the contact. Explore the flight in 3D.
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Explore how a bat meets a ball in a physics-based 3D lab. Adjust bat angle, impact point, speed, mass and incoming spin, then compare exit speed, launch angle, spin and flight. Pin A, change a setting and compute B. Compare drag and spin-induced lift, drag only, or vacuum flight, and explore weather effects. Free in your browser and on Windows, with seven languages and flexible units. Built with Astra's help. Model-based estimates, not validated real-world predictions.
PH · launched Sep 18, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 69%) · 0 views
Niche: physics and engineering simulation software · 104 launches, 8 in the last 7 days ▲ +14% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Education
- Analytics & BI
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
- Sports
- Education
- Baseball
- OpenAI Day
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Could you build this?
Partial A 3D baseball simulation tool requires rigorous numerical integration of aerodynamic equations (Magnus effect, Reynolds-dependent drag, atmospheric pressure) and collision mechanics that match empirical physics research.
What it would actually take: The stack would be built with WebGL/Three.js or an engine like Godot/Unity compiled to WebAssembly. The hard component is implementing the continuous numerical physics engine (e.g., Runge-Kutta 4th order) incorporating Alan Nathan's baseball collision and trajectory equations, air density models, and seam-shifted wake effects.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 89 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #73 of 90 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 304 days after the earliest competitor.
- TiltMaze · ph · 2026-10-06 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- PlayPuzzle Science · ph · 2026-11-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.40
- Mechanics Quiz · ph · 2026-09-26 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.39
- BadBallHitter · ph · 2026-09-29 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.39
- Spin Lab · hn · 2026-06-16 · 44 upvotes · similarity 0.39
- Do a Barrel Roll · ph · 2026-10-30 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.39
- BBounce · ph · 2026-10-12 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.38
- atlas-of-physics · github · 2026-10-28 · 311 upvotes · similarity 0.38
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