Originally Posted by
KenV
OK. Let's try this: the Newtonian physics associated with the air acting on a separated fan blade are completely overwhelmed by the Newtonian physics of the moments of inertia acting on the blade. Kinda like a bullet in air-to-air combat. Sure, aerodynamics will affect the bullet's ballistic trajectory. But those affects are overwhelmed by the moments of inertia acting on the bullet.
Nice explanation, although I suspect you mean simply inertia, rather than moment of inertia, particularly in your ballistic analogy.