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Old 5th Jul 2009, 16:03
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4 seconds per rotation = ~175'/sec.

175 feet/sec. = ~10,500'/minute = ~ 115 mph.

115 mph with an axis w/o horizontal velocity.

With horizontal velocity, add for lead, subtract for lag.

The wing tip or tail could have a velocity through air approaching 200mph.
Yes...

I am not an aerodynamicist but maybe the momentum exerted by the vertical stabilizer in this context in such a large (long) aircraft explains why they're harder to put into a flat spin.

It would depend on the center of rotation/gravity/mass, I believe
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