Titleist Next on National Geographic Channel

[Tigersworld]

Have fun with this!!!

National Geographic Channel Takes You on a Fact-Filled Adventure to Discover How Things Work on 'Who Knew? With Marshall Brain'

Thursday, March 13, at 8 p.m. ET/PT (World Premiere)

How do you build a boat that's fast enough to cut through the waves at 55 miles per hour and large enough to hold 12 of your closest friends? What is inside a golf ball that makes it fly so far through the air? And just how does a firework burst into multiple hand-picked colors and specific patterns at exactly the right time?

In this episode, Marshall takes us to the Sea Ray boat factory in Vonore, Tenn., where engineers are using advanced robotics to manufacture one of their most popular recreational sports boats, the just-over-26-foot "Sundeck." We'll see how they build these boats from the outside in, starting with a mold that robots cover with a coat of gel paint. Then we'll follow these boats as they are laminated, assembled and tricked out with features you might not expect to see on the water.

Next, we'll check out the Titleist facility in Acushnet, Mass., where golf experts crank out 300 million golf balls every year. We'll see how each ball starts out as a batch of rubber ingredients and ends up with the unique dimples that give these mini engineering marvels their aerodynamic bodies. And we'll learn how these key features can make a ball fly farther, spin faster or maximize lift to fly off the tee.

[TM golf guy]

Ok, I'll start.

 

Shouldn't they go to Bridgestone and Callaway to see how they are REALLY made?

 

I like that show, they normally show pretty neat stuff. The Jack Daniel's one was pretty good.

[BRS216]

National Geographic Channel Takes You on a Fact-Filled Adventure to Discover How Things Work on 'Who Knew? With Marshall Brain'

 

Thursday, March 13, at 8 p.m. ET/PT (World Premiere)

 

How do you build a boat that's fast enough to cut through the waves at 55 miles per hour and large enough to hold 12 of your closest friends? What is inside a golf ball that makes it fly so far through the air? And just how does a firework burst into multiple hand-picked colors and specific patterns at exactly the right time?

 

In this episode, Marshall takes us to the Sea Ray boat factory in Vonore, Tenn., where engineers are using advanced robotics to manufacture one of their most popular recreational sports boats, the just-over-26-foot "Sundeck." We'll see how they build these boats from the outside in, starting with a mold that robots cover with a coat of gel paint. Then we'll follow these boats as they are laminated, assembled and tricked out with features you might not expect to see on the water.

 

Next, we'll check out the Titleist facility in Acushnet, Mass., where golf experts crank out 300 million golf balls every year. We'll see how each ball starts out as a batch of rubber ingredients and ends up with the unique dimples that give these mini engineering marvels their aerodynamic bodies. And we'll learn how these key features can make a ball fly farther, spin faster or maximize lift to fly off the tee.

 

 

 

Ok, I'll start.

 

Shouldn't they go to Bridgestone and Callaway to see how they are REALLY made?

 

I like that show, they normally show pretty neat stuff. The Jack Daniel's one was pretty good.

 

TOO FUNNY...I was thinking the same thing!

:wub: :yess: :yes:

[evnpar1020]

I was actually looking forward to seeing it. Obviously, no one will give away big secrets, but will be cool to see the mass production side, and therefore, the need to pay the extra for my better balls that I must presume, take hours upon end to make especially for me, and box them up all nice and pretty, yet still still sell them on ebay at discount rates...sorry, show sounds fun, not about to critize it, better insite than most get.

[BallSpinner]

DVR set - thanks

[Tigersworld]

Don't forget to set your Tivo!!!!

[BDPgolfer]

Guys it starts at 9PM EST...