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Old 11th May 2007, 20:31
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As soon as you start a turn you have to pull back on the yoke to maintain your altitude. This increases the drag and therefore you lose speed if you do not increase power.
In shallow turns normally there is no noticeable difference, but with bank angles more than 30 deg you will definitely have to increase pitch and power to maintain altitude and speed.
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