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Old 12th Sep 2007, 22:46
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barit1
 
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Aircraft pulling the same G in level flight will have the same rate of turn.
BUT ONLY IF AT THE SAME VELOCITY!

See the Mustang video I mentioned earlier. Because of its greater VELOCITY it needs a bigger turn radius than a light SE plane, and thus has a SLOWER turn rate. Note the greater weight of the aircraft is not a factor, except for the fact more power and more lift are needed to pull the same G's (same bank angle).

The SR-71 often needed three or four STATES to complete a 180 - giving rise to the maxim "You haven't been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3!"
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