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Re:Live Briefing on Alaska Aerial Object Shoot-Down by mikewarot on Friday February 10, 2023 @04:27PM (#34746113)
I just learned (yesterday[2]) about the rolleron[1], a stabilizing mechanism that prevents roll. It uses the airstream to spin up a gyroscopic mass.

The AIM9 is the only use I'm aware of.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolleron

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfzj3rRIVU4

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Re:Live Briefing on Alaska Aerial Object Shoot-Down by post_break on Friday February 10, 2023 @04:54PM (#34746464)
His long hair dangling by that spinning disc while he demos it... ugh.
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