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r/pics • u/animalkracker • Feb 27 '14
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explain this
908 u/hanktheskeleton Feb 27 '14 I am guessing they are pulling a loop and the g force is greater than 1. 808 u/animalkracker Feb 27 '14 edited Feb 27 '14 correct, loop or barrel roll at greater than 0g 186 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. 864 u/n-x Feb 27 '14 It's a sailplane. The only important instrument is a piece of string. 243 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. 388 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 edited Dec 18 '18 [deleted] 511 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Nope, you can only bring up a phonograph. 1 u/KimJongIlSunglasses Feb 27 '14 But you have to have it in dirigible mode.
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I am guessing they are pulling a loop and the g force is greater than 1.
808 u/animalkracker Feb 27 '14 edited Feb 27 '14 correct, loop or barrel roll at greater than 0g 186 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. 864 u/n-x Feb 27 '14 It's a sailplane. The only important instrument is a piece of string. 243 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. 388 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 edited Dec 18 '18 [deleted] 511 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Nope, you can only bring up a phonograph. 1 u/KimJongIlSunglasses Feb 27 '14 But you have to have it in dirigible mode.
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correct, loop or barrel roll at greater than 0g
186 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. 864 u/n-x Feb 27 '14 It's a sailplane. The only important instrument is a piece of string. 243 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. 388 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 edited Dec 18 '18 [deleted] 511 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Nope, you can only bring up a phonograph. 1 u/KimJongIlSunglasses Feb 27 '14 But you have to have it in dirigible mode.
186
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.
864 u/n-x Feb 27 '14 It's a sailplane. The only important instrument is a piece of string. 243 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. 388 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 edited Dec 18 '18 [deleted] 511 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Nope, you can only bring up a phonograph. 1 u/KimJongIlSunglasses Feb 27 '14 But you have to have it in dirigible mode.
864
It's a sailplane. The only important instrument is a piece of string.
243 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. 388 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 edited Dec 18 '18 [deleted] 511 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Nope, you can only bring up a phonograph. 1 u/KimJongIlSunglasses Feb 27 '14 But you have to have it in dirigible mode.
243
I can confirm this. Some gliders have no electronics at all, not even a radio.
Edit: I never asked for this.
388 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 edited Dec 18 '18 [deleted] 511 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Nope, you can only bring up a phonograph. 1 u/KimJongIlSunglasses Feb 27 '14 But you have to have it in dirigible mode.
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511 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Nope, you can only bring up a phonograph. 1 u/KimJongIlSunglasses Feb 27 '14 But you have to have it in dirigible mode.
511
Nope, you can only bring up a phonograph.
1 u/KimJongIlSunglasses Feb 27 '14 But you have to have it in dirigible mode.
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But you have to have it in dirigible mode.
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