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Old 20th Sep 2016, 17:24
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can i say that the dynamic pressure increases at higher altitude?!
Dynamic pressure does not increase as you climb.

Since rho drops as you climb the dynamic pressure drops if V (TAS) remains constant. Therefore V must increase to maintain constant dynamic pressure (and IAS). So what happens is that by maintaining the IAS as you climb you are actually accelerating.
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