The video above comes from NASA’s newly released video archive, and shows a 1970s wingtip vortices test at Langley Research Center in Virginia. The results are visually stunning.
Wow. I’m used to seeing very small ones when watching Formula 1 races in certain weather conditions -- the rear wings of the cars can produce similar vortices. Same aerodynamic principles, just literally turned upside-down.
But that video was much more dynamic, loved it.
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I love the laws of physics. Nature as acvidental math is so much more awesome than someone mysterious creating this shit.
Wow. I’m used to seeing very small ones when watching Formula 1 races in certain weather conditions -- the rear wings of the cars can produce similar vortices. Same aerodynamic principles, just literally turned upside-down.
But that video was much more dynamic, loved it.
I love the laws of physics. Nature as acvidental math is so much more awesome than someone mysterious creating this shit.