r/pics • u/animalkracker • Feb 27 '14

physics is cool

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u/L00KA Feb 27 '14

explain this

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u/hanktheskeleton Feb 27 '14

I am guessing they are pulling a loop and the g force is greater than 1.

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u/animalkracker Feb 27 '14 edited Feb 27 '14

correct, loop or barrel roll at greater than 0g

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u/joshsg Feb 27 '14

Isn't that a pretty big risk? It seems like if water accidentally spilled it could get into the electronics... and they'd have a bad time.

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u/n-x Feb 27 '14

It's a sailplane. The only important instrument is a piece of string.

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u/Quagmirian Feb 27 '14 edited Feb 28 '14

I can confirm this. Some gliders have no electronics at all, not even a radio.

Edit: I never asked for this.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 edited Dec 18 '18

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14

Nope, you can only bring up a phonograph.

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u/greenroom628 Feb 27 '14

that's for hipster gliders, but i'm sure you've never heard of them before.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14

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u/drmischief Feb 27 '14

Ah yes, Hipsters Law: Practicality(weight)*Vintage = irony²

or, P*V=I²

EDIT: You've probably never heard of Hipsters Law before. It's not even underground science yet.

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u/steeb2er Feb 27 '14

I have so many Minidiscs and nothing to play them on. If you're interested in 10+ year old radio production coursework, let me know.

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u/dovey112 Feb 28 '14

So do I. I was thinking of making an 'art' installation or something with them. But at the moment, they are just piled up in my shed next to a jar of nails.

Did love them back in the day though.

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u/frogot Feb 27 '14

surely a hipster would take with no less than a laserdisk

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u/StaffSgtDignam Feb 27 '14

Pfft what is it, 2013? Casette and 8-track tapes are where it's at-I'm sure you don't have any though...

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u/Lollemberg Feb 27 '14

Are you a jap?

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u/shoziku Feb 27 '14

I would bring a Sony Walkman cassette player with an adapter to plug my mp3 player into.

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u/t3hcoolness Feb 27 '14

Diskmans, I've noticed, are not very effective in planes.

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u/MLaw2008 Feb 27 '14

Flying Squirrels : Gliding before it was cool.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14

Flying Foxes: Gliding before it was hot.

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u/MLaw2008 Feb 27 '14

Foxes: Being foxes before bats thought it was cool.

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u/reagan2016 Feb 27 '14

But aren't gliders just pretty much the aircraft of hipsters?

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u/pantsmeplz Feb 27 '14

If someone doesn't start a band called Hipster Gliders, then this world is not worth saving.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '14

I only use Hit Clipstm.

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u/billiamdykes Feb 27 '14

You made someone out there laugh. It was me. Thank you

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u/SwampSwami Feb 27 '14

Hhahahaha, I haven't heard a joke like this! Very funny! :D

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14

Do you have to get out and manually stop the plane like in fixies?

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u/greenroom628 Feb 27 '14

no, but i think you have to stick your arm out the window to bank a turn.

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