ft, did you not replicate with
Rainboe,
todays nitpicker comment: In a vertical climb most aircraft (which have cambered wings) will in fact have a zero-lift AoA which is negative rather than zero, giving you a few additional degrees nose down relative to vertical to add to those caused by the angle of incidence.
with what I wrote in the previous post:
Originally Posted by Rainboe
In a vertical climb, AoA for all intents and purposes would be zero,meaning the fuselage would have negative pitch (ie be pointing at about 86 degrees pitch whilst plane is climbing vertically)
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We can produce all sorts of fancy formulae (which really won't mean anything to anybody
without a diagram!), but the answer will be- AoA will be in proportion to Cos climb angle. A 15 degree climb will have .97 of level flight lift- you know it, I know it- I feel it in me bones!