Originally Posted by
Brercrow
A plausible question which is irrelevant. You are comparing two states of equilibrium. You are not thinking about what happens during the turn
Nope, not irrelevant at all. It is the very crux of the "downwind turn" fallacy and the fact that you are trying to dismiss it as irrelevant just illustrates that you don't have the fundamental grasp of physics required to understand why you are mistaken.