Dragonfly is a rotorcraft. If it lands on Titan but lets one of its rotor blades (L =0.86 m) hang and then swing back and forth with a period of 4.496 s, what is the surface gravitational acceleration of Titan? Assume a uniform rectangular rotor blade suspended from one end, I=1/3mL^2.
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Dragonfly is a rotorcraft. If it lands on Titan but lets one of its rotor blades (L =0.86 m) hang and then swing back and forth with a period of 4.496 s, what is the surface gravitational acceleration of Titan? Assume a uniform rectangular rotor blade suspended from one end, I=1/3mL^2.

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