• drspod@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    You would need an equal and opposite angular momentum at the back of the chainsaw otherwise it will just rotate upwards and loop around in circles.

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      1 month ago

      If the chainsaw generates so much inertial that it challenges your trajectory, you’re doing something right.

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      1 month ago

      an equal and opposite angular momentum

      Idea: contra rotating chainsaws.

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      just enough rotational velocity to counter gravity trying to pull the nose of the missile down though. and also the centripetal momentum of the chain would act like a gyro stabilizer insuring that it remains nominally upright.

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      The real one deploys blades that cause the missile to spin at very high speeds before it slices through its targets like butter without an explosion