Originally Posted by
ballisticboy
Just a couple of things.
1) Flare drag does not stabilize a pellet, flare lift is the stabilizing moment just the same as fins.
2)Speed is nothing to do with gyroscopic stability, there are plenty of spin stabilized rounds much slower than pellets. It is the relationship between the spin rate, the moments of inertia, the pitching moments and the air density which determine the gyroscopic stability of a projectile.
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