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Old 10th March 2010 | 04:10
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Intruder
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It depends quite a bit on the airplane design...

Many airplanes are speed-stable. If you increase thrust without changing trim, it will likely settle in a climb at or near the trimmed speed. This is especially true with underslung engines, where the thrust vector is well below the pitch axis.
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