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Old 13th Mar 2013, 21:51
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Ascend Charlie
 
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POFMAN,
The angle of attack will be the same, to produce the same amount of force to hold the weight up in the air. The "half rho V squared S" is constant, the CL is the same.

What HAS changed is the pitch angle, because you need less power to overcome the induced drag.
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