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Old 13th Mar 2013, 22:59
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Look at your vector diagrams - angle of attack is between the Pitch angle and the relative air flow. RAF is a combination of rotational airflow and induced airflow. Change the induced AF, you change the AoA (for a constant pitch angle)

If the RAF comes in from a different position, but the AoA is the same, then the pitch angle has changed, because of a different induced airflow.

Pitch is connected to Power via the governors, and it changes because the power required to overcome induced drag has changed.
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