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Old 05-06-2011, 04:01 PM
TomcatViP TomcatViP is offline
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Originally Posted by Viper2000 View Post
90º bank = descent

89.99999º bank = very large, but finite g required to maintain altitude without recourse to slip.

4 g is about 75.5º IIRC; vertical component of lift varies as the cosine of the bank angle, thus load factor required to maintain altitude is 1/cosine of the bank angle.
he he but 75° was not in the input table Sir. Don't stamp me with a D
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