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Old 21st Jun 2011, 22:22
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OK465
 
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What barit1 says with regards to the turn is of some significance.

One way to be wing-rocking in a turn to the right with a left roll input on a yoke or SS, even in a heavy swept-wing jet transport with spoilers augmenting the ailerons, is to be stalled.

In addition, that final 60 or so degrees everyone is calling AOA is an angle anchored by a GROUNDSPEED. That final calculated earth referenced FPA is independent of air mass movement. This will only be aero AOA if the air mass is not moving. If the air mass is moving, one-half knot of headwind WILL effectively decrease the actual aero AOA some small amount, just as one-half knot of tailwind will increase it.

True, it's still a bunch of AOA.
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