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Old 16th Jan 2009, 12:19
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A max rate turn is flown at the buffet producing maximum lift with minimum airspeed and the smallest radius that you can fly the aeroplane. However; turn is a change of heading which is also the definition of Yaw, rotation about the vertical axis. A Stall turn has a smaller radius of turn than a max rate turn.
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