Nose Roll Rate

Nose Roll Rate

This is a zoomed in look at the despun nose Spin vs. Time. The nose canard's roll cant and roll damping despin the nose and balance out the bearing friction. At 3 seconds the canards deploy, and the torque required to keep the nose at a zero spin rate relative to the earth axis is generated based on the increased bearing friction due to the lift generated by the deployed canards.

The following is the "Nose Roll Rate" vs Time chart.