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Old 6th Jul 2014, 20:54
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Edgington
 
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That part I understand, but why does the speed settle?
If you increase AoA then you produce more lift, thus more induced drag, causing the speed to decay. Lower speed means you need to increase AoA to maintain the same amount of lift, but then you will increase induced drag, so speed decays even more. This will go on until you can't fly anymore

Why does this stop during a 30 bank turn?
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