a physics question

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Re: a physics question

Postby Saratoga » Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:38 pm

Ya, like a propeller, the tips are spinning much faster than the spinner is, thus when the flight is over the friction has warmed the tips but the spinner is still cold metal.
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