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Re: vertical fall



At 14:23 11/1/97 -0400, you wrote:
... an initial torque can be produced from the
turbulant flow of fluid. Once produced it would reinforce itself through
the asymmetry.
Ludwik Kowalski


Not sure about this assertion (of rotation being reinforced).
In the somewhat comparable situation of a short, not well streamlined
pistol bullet, the nutation grows as the spin rate slows, so that the
bullet may go 'broadside', I believe.

Brian
brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK