University People!

[Xei]

Wanna test a stupid idea I had. Basically: the non-shittiness of your degree is directly proportional to how fascinating your favourite, most interesting thing that you learned in it is. So, post the above along with what course you studied / are studying. Good luck to those doing hospitality management studies.

[Spartiate]

Gyroscopic tumbles in a Pitts Special S-2B Pilot school! (plus some extra credit... ) /thread

[Xei]

That's ubersome. Could you explain a bit more? What, if anything, do gyroscopes have to do with it? I basically thought of this whilst considering which people are best to sit next to at a formal dinner, and the realisation that the absolute worst kind of people are those who spend three years of their lives ostensibly learning about 'sports studies' or some other faffy thing: I cannot even think of a single remotely inspiring thing these people (which, I have to say, is a large proportion of the UK university population), could have learnt. If they ever do speak, it will be a load of waffling, vain crap.

[Spartiate]

That's ubersome. Could you explain a bit more? What, if anything, do gyroscopes have to do with it? I have to head out for a bit, I'll explain in a few hours.

[Marvo]

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[Siиdяed]

As an English Literature student I'll let myself out.

[stormcrow]

English literature and you live in France, blasphemy! What kind of English literature do you study? I cant really contribute to this thread I'm not in college yet.

[Xei]

As an English Literature student I'll let myself out. And nobody came to the funeral.

[Spartiate]

That's ubersome. Could you explain a bit more? What, if anything, do gyroscopes have to do with it? The tumble (sometimes called Lomcevak) is a maneuver where the plane literally summersaults end over end. We use the gyroscopic properties of that big propeller in front spinning at 2500 RPM to help accentuate our yaw and make the plane point in a different direction than its own flight path. You'll never see a jet do a tumble. More specifically, by pushing down on the stick which makes the airplane pitch down, gyroscopic precession delays the downwards force on the propeller by 90˚ in the direction of spin (clockwise for most Western planes and counterclockwise for most Eastern planes) which yaws the airplane. Combined with rudder input from the rudder pedals, you can have the plane's nose pointing up to 90˚ away from where the plane is actually moving, while flipping end over end. It's far more impressive from the ground, from the air it just looks like a fast succession of "sky-ground-sky-ground-sky-ground..."

[IndieAnthias]

@Spartiate: lacks practical application? sorry just kidding. That's bad ass. I soooo want to be a pilot. Wanna test a stupid idea I had. Basically: the non-shittiness of your degree is directly proportional to how fascinating your favourite, most interesting thing that you learned in it is. So, post the above along with what course you studied / are studying. Good luck to those doing hospitality management studies. It's hard to pick a favorite. One prof skewed these results horribly, with the onslaught of fascinating things that would come out his mouth on a daily basis... damn non-degree required electives. If I stick with my specialty only... the most interesting thing would be all the historical, cultural, and archaeological tidbits about the Nantucket whalers (1800's). Man, those guys Lived. My bachelor's degree entailed strange mix of liberal arts (mostly anthropology) where they pertain to the sea, called Maritime Studies. (I'm starting grad school in a few months for evolutionary anthropology.)

[khh]

I'm currently studying electronic engineering. I assume you want to know the most interesting thing you learned before choosing something to study? In that case it'd a general, albeit shallow, understanding of chemistry. I love chemistry. If it's so far, I think maybe some of the things I've read about cognitive psychology.