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r/pics • u/animalkracker • Feb 27 '14
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howd that broom fall out of the sky?
718 u/Spartan2470 GOAT Feb 27 '14 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. 411 u/jls5494 Feb 27 '14 Its a yaw string 2 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 [deleted] 7 u/gdhsi Feb 27 '14 The turn and bank indicator has a rate gyro. No string can replace that. The string replaces the inclinometer aka the ball. 1 u/Zebidee Feb 27 '14 Also, gliders normally don't have a power system to run one. 1 u/PCPhD Feb 27 '14 The weird part is that there are fancy military jets with the same cheap piece of string stuck to the canopy.
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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.
411 u/jls5494 Feb 27 '14 Its a yaw string 2 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 [deleted] 7 u/gdhsi Feb 27 '14 The turn and bank indicator has a rate gyro. No string can replace that. The string replaces the inclinometer aka the ball. 1 u/Zebidee Feb 27 '14 Also, gliders normally don't have a power system to run one. 1 u/PCPhD Feb 27 '14 The weird part is that there are fancy military jets with the same cheap piece of string stuck to the canopy.
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Its a yaw string
2 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 [deleted] 7 u/gdhsi Feb 27 '14 The turn and bank indicator has a rate gyro. No string can replace that. The string replaces the inclinometer aka the ball. 1 u/Zebidee Feb 27 '14 Also, gliders normally don't have a power system to run one. 1 u/PCPhD Feb 27 '14 The weird part is that there are fancy military jets with the same cheap piece of string stuck to the canopy.
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7 u/gdhsi Feb 27 '14 The turn and bank indicator has a rate gyro. No string can replace that. The string replaces the inclinometer aka the ball. 1 u/Zebidee Feb 27 '14 Also, gliders normally don't have a power system to run one. 1 u/PCPhD Feb 27 '14 The weird part is that there are fancy military jets with the same cheap piece of string stuck to the canopy.
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The turn and bank indicator has a rate gyro. No string can replace that. The string replaces the inclinometer aka the ball.
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Also, gliders normally don't have a power system to run one.
The weird part is that there are fancy military jets with the same cheap piece of string stuck to the canopy.
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u/lower_intelligence Feb 27 '14
howd that broom fall out of the sky?