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Old 30th Sep 2006, 07:27
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Originally Posted by Kengineer-130
ok then, going off the basic theory of lift as taught by the PPL sylabus, how can an aircraft possibly fly straight and level whilst inverted? , just the simple force digram based on that will show its impossible, as lift and weight are acting in the same direction .... So there must be another reason why an aircraft can fly inverted whilst maintaining hight?
Am I the last one to realise that this whole thread is a wind-up? Forgive me for thinking for a while that it was a serious discussion.
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