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Frisbee physics

Peter Main examines the physics of Frisbee flight, which combines the behaviour of an aerofoil with that of a gyroscope

The terms in bold link to topics in the AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and CCEA A-level specifications, as well as the IB, Pre-U and SQA exam specifications.

The conservation of mass, energy and momentum, together with Newton’s second and third laws of motion, help explain the lift provided by an aerofoil. Spin stablises a Frisbee flight because of of angular momentum conservation.

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