The "Kulbit" (also known as the "Frolov chakra") is another aerial maneuver developed by Russian pilots in which the aircraft performs an extremely tight loop, often not much wider than the length of the aircraft itself. It differs from the traditional inside loop as it uses post-stall maneuvering, or PSM, techniques. Like most post-stall maneuvers, it demonstrates pitch control outside the normal flight envelope wherein pitch control is made possible by having aerodynamic flow over the aircraft's elevators or stabilators.
The name "Kulbit" is derived from the Russian Кульбит, meaning "somersault". The alternate name, "Frolov's Chakra", refers to Russian test pilot Yevgeni Frolov, the pilot who first carried out the maneuver, while "chakra" is a yogic term, meaning "vortex" or "whirlpool".
The Kulbit drastically decreases the aircraft's speed and could theoretically be used to cause a pursuing aircraft to overshoot its target. The maneuver is closely related to the famous "Pugachev's Cobra" maneuver, but the Kulbit completes the loop that the Cobra almost immediately cuts off.
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I think Sinn Fein and the IRA chose to lay down arms at the right moment in history. A post-9/11 IRA would have been very, very bad for all parties. And while the IRA is quite popular with leftists I get the impression that most Irish people wanted the violence to stop and didn't consider it worth it to re-unite Ireland.
With things as they are going its seeming more and more likely that reunification will happen in our life time. As long as the UK keeps voting in Tories who are happy to throw them under the bus NI will continue to move away from Unionism as the old guard die out.
there are a lot of unionist kids too, they're still very much a major factor and do come out in force when things heat up, a look at the unionist riots from 2021 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Northern_Ireland_riots will show you there are still a significant amount of young people. the reason SF are doing really well is they provide actual policy, hope for change, and left wing ideas, their republicanism to unite Ireland is honestly more of a secondary thing about the party, and even seen as a lofty 'it'll never happen' by many who vote for them, because they care far more about their policies and left wing ideas than liberating the occupied counties tbh. I think SF will continue to grow and Ireland will unite, but it's not as simple as you might think