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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