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to: LUC HENDERIECKX
from: WAYNE THOMPSON
date: 1997-11-29 18:11:00
subject: News-846

¯ Luc was discussing "News-846" with Charles. ®
 CM>     I read, somewhere, that ALL aircraft will pull 2 Gs in a 60
 CM> degree bank, regardless of speed, if level flight was
 CM> maintained. I found that hard to believe, but confirmed it in
 CM> both the jet aircraft and the light aircraft.
LH¯Yes, in horizontal flight G equals 1 divided by the cosine of the
LH¯bank angle, which is 2 for 60 degrees.
Wow!  You put all into a nice, fairly easy to understand formula in
one sentence.  Thanks!
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