Comments on: Aerodynamic Forces in Flight Maneuvers (Part One) – Forces in Turns http://www.flightlearnings.com/aerodynamic-forces-in-flight-maneuvers-part-one-forces-in-turns/309/ Daily Study for Earning or Maintaining Your Private Pilot's Certificate Blog Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:02:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dave Wood http://www.flightlearnings.com/aerodynamic-forces-in-flight-maneuvers-part-one-forces-in-turns/309/comment-page-1/#comment-960 Dave Wood Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:09:22 +0000 http://www.flightlearnings.com/?p=309#comment-960 Not a simple question... What really causes the heading to change in a turn? If you only bank an aircraft and maintain the AOA (you will descend), what then is causing the heading to change? Does the vertical fin as the horizontal component of lift pulls the plane, create lft and cause the heading to change? Or is elevator input during a turn actually causing the change in heading? Dave ATP, MEI, BS Aerospace Engineering Not a simple question…
What really causes the heading to change in a turn? If you only bank an aircraft and maintain the AOA (you will descend), what then is causing the heading to change? Does the vertical fin as the horizontal component of lift pulls the plane, create lft and cause the heading to change? Or is elevator input during a turn actually causing the change in heading?

Dave
ATP, MEI, BS Aerospace Engineering

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