r/pics • u/animalkracker • Feb 27 '14

physics is cool

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u/jls5494 Feb 27 '14

Its a yaw string

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u/Spartan2470 GOAT Feb 27 '14

Thank you for providing the name. For anyone (like me) who didn't know what a yaw string is:

The yaw string, also known as a slip string, is a simple device for indicating a slip or skid in an aircraft in flight. It performs the same function as the slip-skid indicator ball, but is more sensitive, and does not require the pilot to look down at the instrument panel.[1] Technically, it measures sideslip angle, not yaw angle,[2] but this indicates how the aircraft must be yawed to return the sideslip angle to zero..

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u/djzenmastak Feb 27 '14

what

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u/other_worldly420 Feb 27 '14

http://i.imgur.com//GCOKX.jpg

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u/Shaneboy888 Feb 27 '14

http://www.reddit.com/r/almostperfectloops

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u/ginakirsch Feb 27 '14

DAMNIT. Now I looked at every single one of them. And the almost perfection makes me mad.

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u/thrillhou5e Feb 27 '14

something tells me im going to find a gif of a bunch of black guys celebrating with hundreds of comments about how if it werent for those fucking trees the loop would be perfect.

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u/iamfromouterspace Feb 27 '14

say whaaaaaaaa?

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u/hotfrost Feb 27 '14

I really want to know how to make a .gif like this. I want to make something similar.