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🎾 Intermediate-Axis Flip Lab: Euler's Equations, Polhodes and the Tennis-Racket Effect

Spin a free-floating slab in a microgravity module and watch Euler's rigid-body equations decide which axes are stable. Measure the exponential growth of the flip instability against theory and explore the polhode energy map.

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Spin a free-floating slab in a microgravity module and watch Euler's rigid-body equations decide which axes are stable. Measure the exponential growth of the flip instability against theory and explore the polhode energy map.

Rigid BodyEuler EquationsAngular MomentumInertiaStability

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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