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Old 11th Jul 2009, 15:39
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Because Lift opposes weight. And when lift is less than weight, it needs to increase. This is done by increasing Angle of Attack, or speed (or a few other factors). So to get MORE lift to counter the INCREASED weight, we need to fly Faster and provide MORE V squareds....

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