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On 12/9/2016 4:07 PM, DerbyBorn wrote:
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Without something to hold the body from rotating?

For a "linear" example, the simplest is a frictionless railway carriage
with a gun at one end. Fire the gun, the recoil starts the carriage
moving. When the bullet hits the other end, conservation of momentum
means that it stops. While the bullet was in the air, the carriage has
moved a small distance. Same idea can be applied to rotation.

In the real world, the interaction of friction with the dynamics of
structural parts provides other mechanisms. In this particular case,
assymetry in the legs means that fluid dynamics could also be involved.