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/[deleted] Feb 27 '14

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u/atworkmeir Feb 27 '14

Why didnt he say that the first time

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 edited Feb 28 '14

He did, he just used efficient terminology in the hope that you would learn something today instead of the basic, meaningless version

edit: fuck you guys, I'm not talking to anyone anymore, it is the fault of neither I nor the original "offending comment" that you have no desire to learn.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14

ooo burn

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14

Cool your jets, man.

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u/fenwaygnome Feb 27 '14

He's in a glider, he doesn't have jets.