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Physics of the rattleback: link flight dynamics.
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==Physics of the rattleback==
 
The reversal of the spin, as can be seen on the movie available [http://www.tam.uiuc.edu/toys/celt/ here], follows from the growth of an instability about the other axes of rotation of the rattleback, that is, rolling (about the main axis) and pitching (about the crosswise axis).
 
[[Image:Rolling-pitching.png|thumb|Rolling and pitching movements]]