The Bottle Flip Challenge Demystified: Where Is the Centre of Mass?.
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DOI: 10.1088/1361-6552/aa70d7
Abstract: Bodies can have very weird trajectories when tossed into the air. The amazing motion of a water bottle flip is qualitatively described as related to the position of the centre of mass (CM) with respect… read more here.
Keywords: bottle; frame reference; centre mass; bottle flip ... See more keywords