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Old 7th Nov 2006, 23:35
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mingalababya
 
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Originally Posted by llanfairpg
The reason you have never seen anything is that you need a two dimensional diagram to show the forces in a climbing turn!
Just take a a climb and a turn diagram and there you have it.
Ok, thanks for that. I've created my own 3D diagram of the forces involved. Will post here for others to comment and use soon.

So, in a climb, we have L < W and T > D, but then when banked into the turn, L will be > W. Confirm?
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