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Old 3rd Nov 2018, 13:46
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Originally Posted by rarelyathome


No. You need to have another look at the vectors in wings level and banked flight. With the lift vector tilted you need more thrust to compensate.
No I wasn’t talking about turning, I said “in order to fly at all, lift must equal or exceed weight”. How you apply vectors and numbers has nothing to do with that statement.
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