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Old 20th Nov 2006, 19:39
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cwatters
 
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Lift is roughly proportional to the square of the speed. So to get double the lift (if the weight doubled) you would need to go root 2 (or 1.414) times faster. The equation is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lift_%28force%29

where L = Lift
V = velocity
and for the rest see the wikipedia page.

PS: I can't see any reason why this doesn't hold say 1kt above stalling speed.
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