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How does an air-to-air missile change its direction with such high speed?
How can a tiny rotating wheel guide a missile towards a fast-moving target?

In this video, you will learn the amazing engineering behind missile guidance, how fins move, and how a small actuator wheel helps control the missile’s direction with precision.

What you’ll understand in this video:

🔹 How missile fins rotate
🔹 Role of tiny guidance wheels
🔹 How actuators work
🔹 How missiles track & chase the target
🔹 Real-life engineering behind modern missile systems

If you love engineering, defence technology, aviation or physics, this video is for you!

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00:00What that tiny wheel on a missile's fin actually does, it's called a Rolleron.
00:03As the missile cuts through the air, this small wheel spins at nearly 10,000 rpm,
00:08powered purely by the airflow. That spinning creates gyroscopic stability,
00:11because a rotating object resists changes to its axis, just like a gyroscope.
00:16So, the Rolleron reduces roll and helps the missile fly straighter, hitting its target more accurately.
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