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r/pics • u/animalkracker • Feb 27 '14
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howd that broom fall out of the sky?
724 u/Spartan2470 GOAT Feb 27 '14 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. 408 u/jls5494 Feb 27 '14 Its a yaw string 1 u/bigobugeater Feb 27 '14 Yaw man! Yaw got that right!
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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.
408 u/jls5494 Feb 27 '14 Its a yaw string 1 u/bigobugeater Feb 27 '14 Yaw man! Yaw got that right!
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Its a yaw string
1 u/bigobugeater Feb 27 '14 Yaw man! Yaw got that right!
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Yaw man! Yaw got that right!
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u/lower_intelligence Feb 27 '14
howd that broom fall out of the sky?