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⛸️ Figure Skater Spin Dynamics (2D)

2D Figure Skater Spin: conservation of angular momentum L = I·ω — pull the arms in and the spin speeds up, extend them and it slows down.

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⚙ Under the hood

A top-down 2D simulation of angular momentum conservation: pull a spinning figure skater's arms in to speed up the spin, extend them to slow down, matching the real physics of L = I·ω.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install