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This document analyzes the physics behind the water bottle flipping challenge. Through experiments tracking the motion of water bottles and tennis bottles in flight, it is found that the redistribution of mass inside the bottle due to sloshing causes an increase in the moment of inertia. This increase in moment of inertia causes the rotational velocity to decrease, allowing the bottle to descend nearly vertically and land stably upright. An analytical model is developed that matches experimental results and
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- sudiprd
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- EN