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flat spin
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flat spin
an aircraft spin in which the longitudinal axis is more nearly horizontal than vertical
flat spin [¦flat ′spin]
(mechanics)
Motion of a projectile with a slow spin and a very large angle of yaw, happening most frequently in fin-stabilized projectiles with some spin-producing moment, when the period of revolution of the projectile coincides with the period of its oscillation; sometimes observed in bombs and in unstable spinning projectiles.
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