racnid

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   by racnid 7y ago

   I'm surprised it's not more common in the warbird world. It seems like on the deep restorations that's basically what they're doing. Looking a build logs it looks like huge percentages of the aircraft are built from scra
2. 62.▲
   by racnid 8y ago

   Honestly I was thinking about the reaction wheels when I wrote my comment because I only skimmed the Hubble articles and didn't realize they were talking about the attitude sensing gyroscopes having to be reset.
3. 63.▲
   by racnid 8y ago

   Not exactly the same thing. The Hubble gyroscopes are largeish flywheels that are on gimbaling platforms. They spin and maintain a constant orientation just like your toy gyroscope. By changing the platform's angle to the satellite wit
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   by racnid 8y ago

   There's a proposed rule working it's way through the system to increase the LSA weight limit to 3600lbs. It would essentially bring Cessna 152/172 class aircraft under the rule and make LSA much more attractive. One of the ma