An interesting analogy for those of us who have dropped bombs (and it would include other loads such as water bombers and helo external loads)…
Imagine a Lancaster bomber of a nominal weight of 45,000 lbs carrying a Tallboy bomb of 12,000 lbs for an AUW of 57,000 lbs .
The bomber is flying and trimmed in straight and level in (unaccelerated) flight at 18,000 feet and at an airspeed of 150 KIAS.
To do so, the power is set at say, 85% power and the wing AOA is generating lift force of 57,000 lbs to equal the total weight in level flight.
The crew then release the bomb over their target without changing any of the control positions or power setting. (Let’s ignore any trim changes due to changes in CG or airflow effects).
On releasing the bomb, the aircraft now weighs only 45,000 lbs…but crew maintains the power, speed and pitch attitude which are still set for a lift force of 57,000 lbs.
Will the aircraft:
A. Continue to fly straight and level at 150 KIAS;
B. Immediately descend with the bomb release;
C. Immediately climb as the lift force of 57,000 lbs far exceeds the new a/c weight of 45,000 lbs (increase in g); or
D. Enter a victory roll?
Now try the same bomb release in accelerated flight pulling up or recovering from a dive with increasing AOA and ask the same question re g force change.