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Linear motion

A model of a helicopter rotor has four blades, each of length 3.10 m from the central shaft to the blade tip. The model is rotated in a wind tunnel at a rotational speed of 490 rev/min.

A) What is the linear speed of the blade tip?

B) What is the radial acceleration of the blade tip expressed as a multiple of the acceleration of gravity, g?

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The solution determines the linear motion and radial acceleration of the helicopter.

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