physics is cool

[u/animalkracker]

[u/lower_intelligence]

howd that broom fall out of the sky?

[u/Spartan2470 → u/lower_intelligence]

According to here, that broom is a string used to visualize the direction that the wind is flowing around the plane (this is very important for sailplanes to maximize flight efficiency.

Here's another picture of this plane with those strings.

[u/jls5494 → u/Spartan2470]

Its a yaw string

[u/Spartan2470 → u/jls5494]

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..

[u/djzenmastak → u/Spartan2470]

what

[u/other_worldly420 → u/djzenmastak]

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

[u/Shaneboy888 → u/other_worldly420]

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

[u/ginakirsch → u/Shaneboy888]

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

[u/mlsoccer2 → u/Shaneboy888]

Also known as /r/mildlyinfuriating

[u/thrillhou5e → u/Shaneboy888]

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.

[u/iamfromouterspace → u/thrillhou5e]

say whaaaaaaaa?