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	<title>Comments on: Bullet RPM and Drag &#8212; How BC Changes with Bullet Spin Rates</title>
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		<title>By: George Steele</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[George Steele]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2018 18:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I understand correctly, the issue is that a bullet not spinning rapidly enough does not have enough gyroscopic force to keep the longitudinal axis of the bullet aligned with the axis of flight.  The bullet will thus end up with a higher drag coefficient because the nose is precessing about the axis of flight, resulting in a different coefficient of drag than would be the case if it were precisely aligned aerodynamically with the axis of flight.  In addition, it most likely would also present a greater frontal area as the yaw-induced cross section increased (i.e. the bullet flew more and more misaligned, or &quot;sideways&quot;), which would increase drag further.  Finally, if a bullet is not aligned with the axis of flight, the Magnus Effect would impose a lift vector, from the instantaneous &quot;virtual crosswind&quot; created by the lateral component of wind speed introduced by the forward &quot;slew&quot; of the bullet created by its yaw, perpendicular to the instantaneous angle of slew, which would create a corkscrew flight pattern.  

One would think that the higher spin rate would introduce more aerodynamic turbulence and rotational drag, but if so, it seems it must be more than overcome by the alignment effects.  I wonder if this phenomenon is measured directly - for example, by doppler radar - or inferentially - for example by drift, or group size, both of which could be compromised if the bullet path were not linear, but rather &quot;corkscrew&quot; in trajectory.  At what point, I wonder, would increasing spin introduce secondary destabilizing effects from bullet imperfections, like voids/density variation that would introduce eccentricity in flight (spinning about the mass centerline/&quot;center of gravity&quot; instead of the geometric/bore axis centerline)?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If I understand correctly, the issue is that a bullet not spinning rapidly enough does not have enough gyroscopic force to keep the longitudinal axis of the bullet aligned with the axis of flight.  The bullet will thus end up with a higher drag coefficient because the nose is precessing about the axis of flight, resulting in a different coefficient of drag than would be the case if it were precisely aligned aerodynamically with the axis of flight.  In addition, it most likely would also present a greater frontal area as the yaw-induced cross section increased (i.e. the bullet flew more and more misaligned, or &#8220;sideways&#8221;), which would increase drag further.  Finally, if a bullet is not aligned with the axis of flight, the Magnus Effect would impose a lift vector, from the instantaneous &#8220;virtual crosswind&#8221; created by the lateral component of wind speed introduced by the forward &#8220;slew&#8221; of the bullet created by its yaw, perpendicular to the instantaneous angle of slew, which would create a corkscrew flight pattern.  </p>
<p>One would think that the higher spin rate would introduce more aerodynamic turbulence and rotational drag, but if so, it seems it must be more than overcome by the alignment effects.  I wonder if this phenomenon is measured directly &#8211; for example, by doppler radar &#8211; or inferentially &#8211; for example by drift, or group size, both of which could be compromised if the bullet path were not linear, but rather &#8220;corkscrew&#8221; in trajectory.  At what point, I wonder, would increasing spin introduce secondary destabilizing effects from bullet imperfections, like voids/density variation that would introduce eccentricity in flight (spinning about the mass centerline/&#8221;center of gravity&#8221; instead of the geometric/bore axis centerline)?</p>
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		<title>By: ar15 upper receiver</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 00:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was one of the best article i have read and learn from. Thanks.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This was one of the best article i have read and learn from. Thanks.</p>
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