What exactly is a flying axle in figure skating?
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Short answer: It's a spinning jump. It's the only one where the skater starts out going in a forward direction.\n\n\nLong answer:\nFrom the Wikipedia article:\nThe Axel is a jump in figure skating, named after the Norwegian skater Axel Paulsen (1855-1938) who was the first to perform it in 1882. A single Axel consists of 1 and 1/2 rotations in the air. For a jump with counterclockwise rotation, it has a takeoff from the left forward outside edge and a landing on the right back outside edge; this can be reversed for a clockwise jump. The Axel can also be done as a double jump with 2 1/2 rotations, or as a triple with 3 1/2 rotations. No skater has yet accomplished a quadruple Axel.
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The wheel rotates while the axle connects two or more wheels together and provides a means for the wheel to be used for motion (as in a vehicle).
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to get the offset on the crown wheel inside the diff to turn.Thus causing the axle shaft to spin.
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I love figure skating. The skaters are in great shape and are very athletic. Plus, I admire the way they get up and continue a routine even after they have fallen and messed up their chances of winning. That takes fortitude and guts.\n\nHave to call them as I see them.
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FS1:  Forward  inside  pivot,  two  foot spin, forward spiral, back outside/inside edges, half flip, waltz jump.\n\nFS2:  Ballet  jump,  half  toe  Walley, half Lutz, scratch spin, 2 forward spirals, dance step sequence.\n\nFS3: Back outside or inside pivot, Salchow, change foot spin, back spiral, toe loop or toe Walley, dance step sequence\n\nFS4: Flip, loop, sitspin, half loop , two back spirals, dance step sequence.\n\nFS5:  Lutz,  Axel,  camel, camel-sit-scratch, backspin, dance step sequence.\n\nFS6:  Split  jump, split falling leaf, Axel-half loop-flip, double Salchow,  cross-foot  or  layback  or  change sit spin, spin combo (with   change  of  foot  and  position),  serpentine  dance  step sequence.\n\nFS7:  Double  toe  loop  or  double  toe Walley, 2 Walleys, flying camel,  combination  spin  including  a flying spin and at least 4 different  body positions (each held by 3 revolutions min.) and at least  one  change  of  foot; one foot Axel-1/4 flip-Axel, jump in opposite direction (flip or loop or Lutz), dance step sequence.\n\nFS8: Double loop, double flip, split Lutz , flying sit or Axel sit\nspin,   1-1/4   flip/1-1/4   flip/double   Salchow,   illusion  or camel-jump-camel, circular dance step sequence\n\nFS9:  Double  Lutz,  Axel-double  loop, opposite direction Axel or double  Axel,  rocker  or counter jump-double toeloop-double loop, flying camel or jump sit; arabesque/Bauer/spread eagle sequence in a serpentine pattern covering the full ice surface.\n\nFS10: Double  Axel-double  toeloop, triple edge jump, death drop, 4 alternating  direction  Axels  or triple toe assisted jump, double jump in both directions or triple toe assisted Jump-double Loop, 3 Arabian   cartwheels  or  butterfly  jumps;  Dance  step  sequence designed by the skater covering the entire ice surface.
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While people have been ice skating for centuries, figure skating in its current form originated in the mid-19th century. The International Skating Union was founded in 1892. The first European Championship --for men only--- was held in 1891 and the first World Championship -- for men only -- was held in 1896 and won by Gilbert Fuchs
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you slide a weight on the ice, kind of like team shuffleboard on ice skates with a 50-pound puck, and people doing a lot of silly things like sweeping the ice in front of the puck to make it slide better.  Canadians and Scots love it.  Google it.
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When thrown with the correct attitude (angle of attack), the leading edge creates lift in the same manner as an asymmetric airfoil. Conservation of angular momentum allows the frisbee to maintain the correct attitude for a while before friction and drag causes it to wobble/descend. See the sources for details.
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The one word answer is, spin. In fact, in 1671 Sir Isaac Newton noted how the flight of a tennis ball was exaggerated by spin. However, there is more to the curve that just that. The curve of a spinning ball, be that of a tennis ball, baseball, golf-ball, or even a cannon ball is due to a phenomenon coined the “Magnus Effect”. In 1877, Lord Rayleigh credited Magnus with the first “true explanation” of the effect.\n\nThe explanation of the Magnus Effect is a relatively simple exercise in aerodynamics and conservation of momentum. When any object is moving through a fluid, such as air, its surface interacts with a thin layer of air known as the boundary layer. In the case of the sphere or ball, the boundary layer separates from the surface, creating a wake or low-pressure region behind the ball. The front-to-back pressure difference creates a backward force on the ball, which slows its forward motion. This is the normal air resistance, or aerodynamic drag, that acts on every object. However, if the ball is spinning as it moves, the boundary layers separates at different points on opposite sides of the ball — further upstream on the side of the ball that is turning into the airflow, and further downstream on the side turning with the airflow.\n\nConsequently, the air flowing around the ball is deflected slightly sideways, resulting in an asymmetrical wake behind the ball. If it is assumed that the air in the wake has “left” momentum, for momentum to be conserved the ball must possess an equal but opposite or “right” momentum. Hence a sideways deflection in the trajectory occurs. The magnitude and direction of this resulting momentum vector and its corresponding Magnus force is directly dependent on the velocity vector of the ball with respect to the air, angular velocity vector of the ball, surface roughness, cross-sectional ball area, and air density. Examining each of these items and their influence on the magnitude and direction of the curve we see that:\n\n1.Velocity and angular velocity: Primarily, these vectors define the direction the ball curves, which is mutually perpendicular to both vectors (see: Alaways & Hubbard). Secondly, spin rate has a one-to-one correspondence with the curve’s magnitude, the higher the spin rate the greater the curve. Finally, the ball speed has an inverse proportional relationship to the curve, the faster the pitch the smaller the curve.\n\n2.Surface roughness and cross-sectional area: These factors influence the curve by being the means by which the air is deflected. In essence the seams on the ball grab the air and redirect it. Imagine the paddles on a paddle wheel as it moves through water, the larger the paddles the bigger the splash. An increased ball cross-sectional area allows for more air to be deflected by having more surface area in contact with the air and therefore more air available to redirect.\n\n3.Air density: We all have heard that baseballs curve more at sea level than in the Rocky Mountains. This is due to increased air density at sea level resulting in increase momentum for equal volumes of redirected air. Since momentum is conserved the ball’s momentum goes up with the air’s momentum resulting in larger curves at lower elevations.
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Actually it is a bot more complicated than those answers would show.\n\nThe spinning wheels cause a gyroscopic effect which makes it easier to balance.
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I assume you are looking for angular momentum discussion or the physics of spinning on skates. \n\nThe spin is started with arms out and the body pushing off one skate to spin on the tip of a skate. The spind is relatively slow. \n\nWhen the skater brings the legs and arms close to the body, the spin is much faster, and when the arms go out the spin s slower again...\n\nWhy is that?\nAngular momentum. \n\nSInce the mass of the skater has a center of gravity (average location of the mass from the axis of he spin) closer to the skater, the velocity of spin increases. Roughly speaking, the angular momentum is constant and is equal to speed on the spin times the radius of the mass (center of gravity average). Increase the radius and the spin decreases and vice versa.\n\nRemember why the angular momentum is constant...a body will emain in motion unless acted upon by a force...Newtons law
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spin around really fast
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Figure skating is a sport where the skater learns  different skills like jumping, spinning and doing artistic movements with music, on ice skates. It initially originated in the beginning of the 1800's where all the people that used to skate in lakes, began to do some artistic moves on skates. \nThen in England, skating clubs were formed to learn different skills and specially figures (hence the name) which were (they were abolished in 1994) turns and steps done on a figure 8 pattern. \nThen, when the skaters were advanced, they added dancing and jumping... it is only less than 40 years that the sport became so demanding by doing triple and quadruple jumps (when the skater jumps in the air they make three or even four rotations before landing)  It's a beautiful sport, and I recomend you to see it beyond the "ice show" it is very cool and extreme!!!
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well, i had that problem for awhile on my double axle..What you need to do is turn in your right foot in the air. ALso, jumping a little higher could help
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figure skates are easier to learn on.
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The difference is the just the last part of the combo---the toe loop and flip....\n\n:flip: \nthis is a toe-assisted jump from the left back inside edge and right toe pick. Like the salchow, the usual entrance is a three turn, but usually from a straight-line approach instead of a curved one. (This jump is sometimes called a "toe salchow" in Europe.)\nThe flip and toe loop look much alike and even experienced observers sometimes have trouble distinguishing them. Here are some things that may help: \n\nFor the flip, the skater picks with the same foot they land on, while with the toe loop they pick with the opposite foot. \nFor the flip, the skater picks inside the curve of the jump, while with the toe loop they pick outside the curve. \nFor the flip, the skater turns away from the picking foot as they jump, while with the toe loop the skater jumps towards the picking foot. \n\n:toe loop :\nthe approach is on a right back outside edge. The skater then reaches back with the left foot and jabs the toe pick into the ice to provide assistance for the jump at takeoff. Often done as the second jump of a combination, or as a solo jump after an inside three turn. If the jump is approached from an outside three turn and step instead, it's sometimes called a "toe walley"; technically the toe walley is supposed to be done from an inside edge, but otherwise the two jumps are considered equivalent. (The toe loop is the same jump that roller skaters call the "mapes", and that is called a "cherry flip" in some parts of the world.) \n:loop: \nthis is also an edge jump, with takeoff from a right back outside edge. Usually skaters approach this jump by skating backwards on two feet, with the left foot crossed in front of the right. Often they look like they are sitting in an invisible chair. Unlike the salchow, there's no swinging of the free leg into the jump; the skater simply springs upward in a cross-legged position. (In Europe, this is also known as a Rittberger jump, after its inventor Werner Rittberger.)