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Old 15th Jun 2018, 16:11
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Thanks wiggy and BJJ.
So the wake/vortex would actually be very slightly less in steady state climb.
I suppose the extreme case is the fighter climbing vertically, with zero lift from the wings, and hence minimal vortices.
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