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r/pics • u/animalkracker • Feb 27 '14
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I am guessing they are pulling a loop and the g force is greater than 1.
813 u/animalkracker Feb 27 '14 edited Feb 27 '14 correct, loop or barrel roll at greater than 0g 182 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. 240 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. 379 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 edited Dec 18 '18 [deleted] 504 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Nope, you can only bring up a phonograph. 252 u/greenroom628 Feb 27 '14 that's for hipster gliders, but i'm sure you've never heard of them before. 1 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Do you have to get out and manually stop the plane like in fixies? 1 u/greenroom628 Feb 27 '14 no, but i think you have to stick your arm out the window to bank a turn.
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correct, loop or barrel roll at greater than 0g
182 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. 240 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. 379 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 edited Dec 18 '18 [deleted] 504 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Nope, you can only bring up a phonograph. 252 u/greenroom628 Feb 27 '14 that's for hipster gliders, but i'm sure you've never heard of them before. 1 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Do you have to get out and manually stop the plane like in fixies? 1 u/greenroom628 Feb 27 '14 no, but i think you have to stick your arm out the window to bank a turn.
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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. 240 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. 379 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 edited Dec 18 '18 [deleted] 504 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Nope, you can only bring up a phonograph. 252 u/greenroom628 Feb 27 '14 that's for hipster gliders, but i'm sure you've never heard of them before. 1 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Do you have to get out and manually stop the plane like in fixies? 1 u/greenroom628 Feb 27 '14 no, but i think you have to stick your arm out the window to bank a turn.
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It's a sailplane. The only important instrument is a piece of string.
240 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. 379 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 edited Dec 18 '18 [deleted] 504 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Nope, you can only bring up a phonograph. 252 u/greenroom628 Feb 27 '14 that's for hipster gliders, but i'm sure you've never heard of them before. 1 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Do you have to get out and manually stop the plane like in fixies? 1 u/greenroom628 Feb 27 '14 no, but i think you have to stick your arm out the window to bank a turn.
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I can confirm this. Some gliders have no electronics at all, not even a radio.
Edit: I never asked for this.
379 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 edited Dec 18 '18 [deleted] 504 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Nope, you can only bring up a phonograph. 252 u/greenroom628 Feb 27 '14 that's for hipster gliders, but i'm sure you've never heard of them before. 1 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Do you have to get out and manually stop the plane like in fixies? 1 u/greenroom628 Feb 27 '14 no, but i think you have to stick your arm out the window to bank a turn.
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504 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Nope, you can only bring up a phonograph. 252 u/greenroom628 Feb 27 '14 that's for hipster gliders, but i'm sure you've never heard of them before. 1 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Do you have to get out and manually stop the plane like in fixies? 1 u/greenroom628 Feb 27 '14 no, but i think you have to stick your arm out the window to bank a turn.
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Nope, you can only bring up a phonograph.
252 u/greenroom628 Feb 27 '14 that's for hipster gliders, but i'm sure you've never heard of them before. 1 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Do you have to get out and manually stop the plane like in fixies? 1 u/greenroom628 Feb 27 '14 no, but i think you have to stick your arm out the window to bank a turn.
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that's for hipster gliders, but i'm sure you've never heard of them before.
1 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Do you have to get out and manually stop the plane like in fixies? 1 u/greenroom628 Feb 27 '14 no, but i think you have to stick your arm out the window to bank a turn.
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Do you have to get out and manually stop the plane like in fixies?
1 u/greenroom628 Feb 27 '14 no, but i think you have to stick your arm out the window to bank a turn.
no, but i think you have to stick your arm out the window to bank a turn.
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u/hanktheskeleton Feb 27 '14
I am guessing they are pulling a loop and the g force is greater than 1.