Phil Kangas wrote:

"Ned Simmons"

What is it about the concept of centrifugal force that
peeves you so,
Phil? How do you feel about the "g-forces" one experiences
as a result
of linear acceleration?

Ned Simmons

What peeves me is the stubborn presentation of cf as fact in
reference
books when in reality it does not exist. I can accept
'g-forces' in linear
acceleration, no problem there. The g-force in rotation is
centripetal
acceleration, similar to g-force in linear acceleration. A
weight swung
in a circle by a string is experiencing centripetal force.
Phil

Yeah, the force restraining it from flying it away.

Tom