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Old 12th July 2011 | 21:57
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titinius
 
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From: Bratislava / Kosice / Trencin
When an aeroplane performs a straight steady climb with a 20% climb gradient, the load
factor is equal to:
0.83
1
0.98
1.02

load factor = L/W

L = W . cos angle
angle = 20° = 0,2
L/W = cos 0,2
L/W = 0,9396 ...

-> there is no right answer ?? (0,98 is marked as a right one)
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