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Old 3rd November 2018 | 08:00
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From: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
In level flight, L=W
In a turn, the component of lift which balances W is (L cosAoB). This means that L must be increased; if TAS remains constant, then the only way of doing this is to increase the lift coefficient by increasing the angle of attack.
An increase in angle of attack also cause an increase in drag coefficient, which will try to decelerate the aircraft. To oppose this drag increase, thrust must be increased to maintain TAS at the desired value.
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