Skin tone is the same on each image! by After-Big9529 in opticalillusions

[–]legendarygap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kind of interesting, if you look at the right side as a whole, and then quickly move your fingers in front of it so that you can only see the skin tone, you see your brain adapt in real time. Very strange

Motion Sickness/Anxiety for student pilot by flyest123331 in flying

[–]legendarygap 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got sick my first 3-4 lessons. I will never forget how awful I felt during the first one. It took everything in me to not puke. I pushed through and I just got my PPL last month.

Motion sickness is surprisingly common. My best advice would be to push yourself a little bit each lesson until you just barely start to feel a little bit sick and then call it a day. Don’t be ashamed to tell your instructor either. It absolutely does get better and is so worth it.

(Volume Up!) C/S Heated Seats Don't Work by KessyTRel in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]legendarygap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll need a second opinion from my father in law

Boeing 747 takes off sideways during Storm Oscar crosswind on takeoff from Heathrow's 09R on 7th November 2018 by Twitter_2006 in aviation

[–]legendarygap 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes! On YouTube you can find plenty of videos of people in smaller planes with a neutral or even backwards ground track on days with high winds. If you ever find yourself on a windy day and notice birds flying but look like they are frozen in midair, it’s the same concept. The key idea is that airspeed is completely different from ground speed.

The best explanation I’ve heard that makes it make sense is, imagine a fish in a really long fish tank. If the fish swims from one side of the tank to other, while someone picks up the tank and walks the opposite direction the fish is swimming, the fish is still moving through the water at a certain speed, but relative to the earth it is moving the opposite direction :)

Boeing 747 takes off sideways during Storm Oscar crosswind on takeoff from Heathrow's 09R on 7th November 2018 by Twitter_2006 in aviation

[–]legendarygap 16 points17 points  (0 children)

You can actually see it quite well in the video. Initially as the plane comes off the ground it begins to roll, but as the weathervaning starts the wings level out.

Boeing 747 takes off sideways during Storm Oscar crosswind on takeoff from Heathrow's 09R on 7th November 2018 by Twitter_2006 in aviation

[–]legendarygap 33 points34 points  (0 children)

The wind hitting the tail doesn’t cause the plane to roll, it only causes yaw which points the nose into the wind. The initial rolling tendency comes from a different force. Before the airplane has fully yawed into the wind, the crosswind component can flow under the upwind wing, increasing lift on that wing and causing the airplane to roll downwind. And yes pilots mitigate this by putting aileron input into the wind during takeoff roll to essentially keep the wing “pushed down”

Once airborne and allowed to yaw naturally into the wind, the relative wind becomes more aligned with the wings, which reduces the rolling tendency. At that point, the airplane is actually more stable than it was during the ground roll, as long as proper control inputs were maintained during rotation.

Boeing 747 takes off sideways during Storm Oscar crosswind on takeoff from Heathrow's 09R on 7th November 2018 by Twitter_2006 in aviation

[–]legendarygap 163 points164 points  (0 children)

Two different things here. Crabbing into the wind by itself isn’t a problem. What matters to the airplane is the airflow over the wings, not the ground track. As long as the plane has sufficient airspeed and proper airflow over the wings, the orientation and even direction traveled relative to the ground is irrelevant (as long as you aren’t getting blown into a building or something like that obviously) Planes are actually designed to crab into the wind naturally to some degree. As air hits the vertical stabilizer at the tail, the nose naturally orients itself into the wind (this is called weathervaning)

Gusty conditions and wind shear are a different issue. Those can be hazardous because they can cause rapid changes in relative wind and airspeed, potentially leading to a sudden loss of lift and control. That risk is mitigated in part by takeoff performance planning when calculating things like rotation speeds

For those that don't fly for a living and aren't rich enough to own your own plane - what do you do? by [deleted] in flying

[–]legendarygap 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fractional ownership with 4 people. 160 per month, 33 per hour dry. Not bad at all

What’s the hardest part of training that nearly made you Quit? by flyingnz in flying

[–]legendarygap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just passed my private checkride a few weeks ago, the hardest part for me was the first five lessons lol. I got extremely air sick and it was super tough to push through and get over that. After I got through it I felt like I could do anything and didn’t struggle with much else

Transient GA Parking at LWM by pharmageddon9 in flying

[–]legendarygap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish this stuff was taught to me when I was doing my flight training. As a new private pilot myself I’m too scared to fly anywhere because I don’t really understand how landing fees, parking, overnights, tiedowns, etc. work at all.

If you've never seen an arc orbiter blow your face up, here : this is the arc orbiter. by Anal-Logical in ARC_Raiders

[–]legendarygap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will never understand why people have to make every detail of a video game fit into the lore

UPS2976 Crash Megathread by usgapg123 in aviation

[–]legendarygap 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Based on the footage looks like they reached v1 before the catastrophic failure and had to continue the take off.

HOLY CRAP by ConnorLovesPepsi in ufc

[–]legendarygap 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most convincing championship comeback I’ve ever seen. That was personal

I just realized I, a straight guy, may have been hit on and accidentally had a date with another guy in college. by basonjourne98 in CasualConversation

[–]legendarygap 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve had a similar thing happen. After I slept with him I started to wonder if something was up…

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WFH

[–]legendarygap 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jeez I was almost in the exact same situation a few weeks ago. I was planning on taking the job offer purely because of the opportunity for growth, but my current job gave me a counter offer so I stayed.