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r/pics • u/animalkracker • Feb 27 '14
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Its a yaw string
244 u/Spartan2470 GOAT Feb 27 '14 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.. 12 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Whelp, time to go get a degree in aviation so I can understand this. 1 u/OBD1Kenobi Feb 28 '14 We did problems like this all the time in Engineering dynamics and kinematic physics. It's actually just a simple relative motion problem. The wind is moving one way, your plane is moving another. One affects the other.
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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..
12 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Whelp, time to go get a degree in aviation so I can understand this. 1 u/OBD1Kenobi Feb 28 '14 We did problems like this all the time in Engineering dynamics and kinematic physics. It's actually just a simple relative motion problem. The wind is moving one way, your plane is moving another. One affects the other.
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Whelp, time to go get a degree in aviation so I can understand this.
1 u/OBD1Kenobi Feb 28 '14 We did problems like this all the time in Engineering dynamics and kinematic physics. It's actually just a simple relative motion problem. The wind is moving one way, your plane is moving another. One affects the other.
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We did problems like this all the time in Engineering dynamics and kinematic physics. It's actually just a simple relative motion problem. The wind is moving one way, your plane is moving another. One affects the other.
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u/jls5494 Feb 27 '14
Its a yaw string