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Old 20th August 2001 | 01:20
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Oktas8
 
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To get a Load Factor of 1.0 in a 60° banked turn, your vertical component of lift is half the total weight.

To get a stable descent when L = 0.5W, your coefficient of drag will have to be substantially larger than coefficient of lift.

There are two ways to get CD higher than CL: fly very fast or very slow!

Very fast - probably above Vne. Oops.
Very slow: probably a stalled condition - spinning yes?

O8

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