Eclipse viewing at 30k feet: Delta to offer path-of-totality flight

Re:Eclipse viewing at 30k feet: Delta to offer path-of-total... by sorenjan on Thursday February 22, 2024 @01:15PM (#39470911)

That's an even bigger issue if it's a Polish plane, you don't want too many poles on the right side of the plane.

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Re:Eclipse viewing at 30k feet: Delta to offer path-of-total... by onenukecourse on Thursday February 22, 2024 @04:35PM (#39473605)

Just one pole on the right side will take a plane down

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Re:Eclipse viewing at 30k feet: Delta to offer path-of-total... by qazxcvbnmlp on Thursday February 22, 2024 @03:48PM (#39472978)

I know I’m gonna get along with someone if they make or understand this joke.

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Re:Eclipse viewing at 30k feet: Delta to offer path-of-total... by MobileVet on Thursday February 22, 2024 @01:36PM (#39471184)

Came here for this... wasn't disappointed. Thank you for ensuring control stability.

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Re:Eclipse viewing at 30k feet: Delta to offer path-of-total... by AnimalMuppet on Thursday February 22, 2024 @01:28PM (#39471091)

You monster. Have an upvote.

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Re:Eclipse viewing at 30k feet: Delta to offer path-of-total... by talldatethrow on Thursday February 22, 2024 @05:11PM (#39474031)

Im sad to admit I'm Polish born and don't understand this joke.

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Re:Eclipse viewing at 30k feet: Delta to offer path-of-total... by jdewerd on Thursday February 22, 2024 @05:19PM (#39474114)

It's a math/engineering joke. A control system is considered unstable if there is a pole (a mathematical singularity, not Polish person) on the right side of the plane (the complex plane of the Laplace transform of its closed loop transfer function, not an airplane).

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Re:Eclipse viewing at 30k feet: Delta to offer path-of-total... by talldatethrow on Thursday February 22, 2024 @06:33PM (#39474851)

I figured. But even as a mechanical engineering grad I didn't really make the association with a pole of some sort all on one side of the plane.

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