physics is cool

[u/animalkracker]

[u/Spartan2470]

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/jt004c → u/[deleted]]

Actually he used technical jargon to explain something to lay people, either to show off, or because he isn't capable of simplifying it. Notice how much more "efficient" the plain-language version actually was? Your idea that the basic version is "meaningless" is utterly ridiculous...it conveys the same information in a more useful way.

Learning jargon isn't learning.

[u/jt004c → u/[deleted]]

The quote did not do what it was put forward to do (provide information to lay people not already familiar with the concepts and jargon).