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Old 6th August 2018 | 16:56
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Wizofoz
 
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From: Boldly going where no split infinitive has gone before..
Originally Posted by Brercrow
No not an identical force.
0 to 120 requires a tangential force
Making a 180 requires a centripetal force
In purely Newtonian terms force is force but for an aircraft, tangential and centripetal forces have quite different effects because it envolves rotating forces.

Ask a mathematician
Not in the frame where the air is still.
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