← Back to context Comment by greenbit 18 hours ago And now the name 'sidewinder' makes perfect sense 3 comments greenbit Reply mathgeek 17 hours ago While it may have been a secondary reason, it's named after the snake for the sensory "heat seeking" attribute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalus_cerastes buildsjets 16 hours ago I had always assumed it was due to the use of roller stabilized fins / rollerons.https://makezine.com/article/science/energy/unusual-mechanis...
mathgeek 17 hours ago While it may have been a secondary reason, it's named after the snake for the sensory "heat seeking" attribute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalus_cerastes buildsjets 16 hours ago I had always assumed it was due to the use of roller stabilized fins / rollerons.https://makezine.com/article/science/energy/unusual-mechanis...
buildsjets 16 hours ago I had always assumed it was due to the use of roller stabilized fins / rollerons.https://makezine.com/article/science/energy/unusual-mechanis...
While it may have been a secondary reason, it's named after the snake for the sensory "heat seeking" attribute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalus_cerastes
I had always assumed it was due to the use of roller stabilized fins / rollerons.
https://makezine.com/article/science/energy/unusual-mechanis...