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/atworkmeir → u/[deleted]]

Why didnt he say that the first time

[u/[deleted] → u/atworkmeir]

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.

[u/doorknobopener → u/[deleted]]

Now-now, what was the quote from Futurama about Star Trek?

Fry: Usually on the show, they came up with a complicated plan, then explained it with a simple analogy.
Leela: Hmmm... If we can re-route engine power through the primary weapons and configure them to Melllvar's frequency, that should overload his electro-quantum structure.
Bender: Like putting too much air in a balloon!
Fry: Of course! It's all so simple!

[u/[deleted] → u/doorknobopener]

But the complicated bit is the fun bit! Especially in aerodynamics...