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minus-squaredungeoneer@crazypeople.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·6 days agoHelicopters are the bumblebees of the mechanical world; with so many forces working against one another just to keep them aloft and being aerodynamically inefficient for flight (no wingspan for glide etc…) its a miracle each time one doesn’t crash.
minus-squareNate Cox@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 days agoAnd then there’s the whole thing with the Jesus nut.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoFucking exactly. Feels like we’re taunting physics instead of elegantly working with it hahaha
Helicopters are the bumblebees of the mechanical world; with so many forces working against one another just to keep them aloft and being aerodynamically inefficient for flight (no wingspan for glide etc…) its a miracle each time one doesn’t crash.
And then there’s the whole thing with the Jesus nut.
Fucking exactly. Feels like we’re taunting physics instead of elegantly working with it hahaha