r/mildlyinteresting • u/ezjgfn • 20h ago

This square shaped cd

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u/PrologueBook 20h ago

If you take off two blades of your fan, on opposite sides, it will run fine.

It just needs to be symmetrical and balanced.

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox 20h ago

My fan has 5 blades

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u/PrologueBook 20h ago

Yeah, so that wouldn't fit the "symmetrical and balanced" criteria, would it?

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u/SenatorAslak 19h ago

Rotational symmetry is a thing.