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to: CHARLES MIELKE
from: LUC HENDERIECKX
date: 1997-11-25 21:15:00
subject: News-846

Charles,
In a msg of , Charles Mielke writes to Jay Hanig:
 CM>     I read, somewhere, that ALL aircraft will pull 2 Gs in
 CM> a 60 degree bank, regardless of speed, if level flight was
 CM> maintained. I found that hard to believe, but confirmed it
 CM> in both the jet aircraft and the light aircraft.
 CM> ..
Yes, in horizontal flight G equals 1 divided by the cosine of the bank angle, 
which is 2 for 60 degrees.
Kind Regards,
Luc
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