Hi Empty,
Thanks very much for the trouble you took answering my questions, but... there's still something that doesn't convince me (might be my limited ability to understand these things):
- isn't it so that , for instance in a turn with a 60 degree bank angle, indeed the loadfactor is higher (which I fully understand), but that it is also compensated by the fact that Lift is really increased to two times its original value (by pulling yoke or stick)? In that case I'd say that there would be no extra sink; indeed, of you would [I]not[I] increase Lift, then you'd be sinking faster! I mean: during a turn in a glider the resultant lift-vector is increased to twice the original Lift, which compensates the resultant weight-vector; you'd keep your original sinkspeed, but how come we're always going down faster?
- If the loadfactor decreases with increasing pitch-angle (climb/dive) - I get that one: lower lift, more drag/thrust - how come that I, as a pilot, don't feel it? It seems that my body is still experiencing a 1-G situation during a steady climb, as far as I'm aware.
If anyone has anything to add, thanks very much!
Eagle