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Old 18th Mar 2009, 07:08
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Sounds a bit simplistic perhaps? Lift is going to equal weight no matter how fast you're going S & L, but if an aircraft with a great big donk sets a thrust greater than the equivalent of its weight, it'd just keep accelerating - drag builds up with V squared until it equals thrust, and both of them are bigger than L or W. Wouldn't work for your average bug smasher but.
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