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Equation of motion for a falling rotating cylinder (weight and Magnus force)
Well, if the direction of the Magnus force is $\mathbf F = \mathbf \omega\times \mathbf v$, then the linked answer that you mention is wrong. An easy sanity check is
$$
\mathbf F\cdot \mathbf v = (\...
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