Physical Education A-Level
Application to flight in gymnastics and diving
What Application to flight in gymnastics and diving means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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A gymnast who tucks brings mass closer to the transverse axis, reducing moment of inertia and increasing angular velocity, while opening out increases moment of inertia and slows rotation.
Topics that use Application to flight in gymnastics and diving
- Angular motion (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Angular acceleration
- Conservation of angular momentum
- Newton’s laws applied to rotation
- Sporting applications of angular motion
- Angular displacement
- Angular velocity
- Moment of inertia
- Radian measure
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