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cobalt99975 karma

In high school (5/6 years ago), I averaged $3k/mo doing web development projects on the side. Sometimes more, sometimes less. It fit my schedule. Ultimately I blew it all on tuition.

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He's saying that until he started flying aerobatics, he never had a need to use the rudder in such a high performance jet. The rudder shifts the nose of the aircraft left or right, and helps you stay coordinated in a turn. In a fighter jet, unlike most aircraft, the aircraft is built for extreme airframe stress that would destroy any other plane. As such, they tend to bank at extreme angles (not like the 20 or 30 degrees you might see in a Cessna or airliner), at which point using the rudder to stay in the turn is unnecessary, since it's almost indistinguishable from just pulling straight up. However, when doing tight rolls while staying in formation, precise nose control is very important, so the pilot uses rudder much more than he would if he were flying normally.

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Were you at Stalag Luft III when the famous mass-escape occurred? If so, what do you remember about it? Was it a surprise, or did you know something was going to happen? Did you ever make any attempt to escape from any of the prison camps?

cobalt99911 karma

I'd agree, the plane's attitude is the most important part of flying.

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Not to mention that they were the ones to inform the DNC of this breach as well. There was no covering up on the part of the Sanders campaign.