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Falling Card
F-c2L



Hold one of these cards horizontally in the air, and then drop one to observe the dominate behavior of the card orienting itself horizontally, as well as the slipping and rotating behavior believed due to turbulence.


Fishbane Chapter:   16.8
HRW 9th:   14.10
Reese Chapter:   11.912
RHK 5th:   16.4
SJ 3rd Chapter:   15.8
PIRA DCS classification:   2C20.356

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University