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Airplanes bank like cars on a banked road, and this apparent weight increase is described as G-force or load factor. Load factor depends on bank angle; higher banks produce greater G, requiring increased lift to maintain altitude. 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The combined resulting force makes your apparent weight increase.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How is G-force related to bank angle in level flight?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"A load factor versus bank chart shows the exact G-force produced at a given bank angle while maintaining altitude; for example, a 60° bank produces 2G.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What happens to airspeed and stall risk in steeper banks?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"As bank steepens, the angle of attack must increase to maintain lift, which raises drag and reduces airspeed. 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If the door pops open, you'll move in the direction of the resultant force.  \nCentrifugal Force  \nResultant Force  \nMEFLI2  \nGravity  \nB Tuthngresouln atantbanforeed oado pculal usyesou C Asairpmlaenienscreinasae iaGn-kfo(lisd  \nstraight down in your seat. The factor) . Remember, if you feel  \nsharper the turn in the car, the greater the heavier in a turn, then the airplane  \nresultant force or G-force you feel in your also feels heavier. Therefore  \nseat (i.e., the heavier you feel) . the airplane must increase  \nI think some its lift to remain aloft in a of our vectors fell turn.  \nout of the baggage  \ncompartment!  \nCentrifugal Force  \nResultant Force  \nGravity  \nMEFLI2  \naccelerate to a safe margin above stall speed—30% or more depending on what your flight instructor recommends—then climb.)  \nHere’s the question that wins a free pizza: Is it possible to make the airplane think it weighs more without adding any weight to it? May I have the envelope, please? The answer is yes. (Mushroom, no anchovies, thank you. )“Gee whiz,”you’re probably saying. No, not gee whiz, or Cheese Whiz, but simply G.  \nThink back to the last time you were on a rollercoaster. On the straightaway all you felt was speed. Turns, however, forced you down in the seat. You experienced an increase in your apparent weight when turning because of something known as centrifugal force. This is the same  \nforce that makes you feel you might fall out of the car while turning if your seat belt isn’t fastened (Figure 29) .  \nBecause airplanes bank (like carson a banked road), centrifugal force and gravity pull you down in your seat. You and the airplane can expect to feel this apparent increase in weight during a turn. The wings don’t know what’s causing the airplane to feel heavier, and frankly, my dear, they don’t give a darn. They only know that it’s getting heavier.  \nThe steeper the turn, the greater the centrifugal force and the more you and the airplane appear to become heavier. This force is often called G-force. Perhaps it was so named because students often say,“Geeeeeeeeeeee” whenever they feel  \nLOAD FACTOR G-Force  \n9  \n8  \n7  \n6  \n5  \n4  \n3  \n2  \n1  \nLOAD FACTOR CHART  \nA 60o Bank  \nProduces a Load Factor of\"2\" or \"2Gs.\"  \nIn atude10 lbdeflehoheeaaek at aexperices a 2constant aences 2Gs0 lb scaleltiA-  \n0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90  \nBANK ANGLE in DEGREES  \n Fig. 30  \ntheir apparent weight increase. The term the pocket protector set (or engineers) use for G-force is load factor (we’ll use both terms synonymously) .  \nFigure 30 shows a load factor vs. bank chart. Using this chart we can assess the exact amount of G-force you’ll experience in any given bank while maintaining altitude. According to this chart, a 60 degree bank produces 2Gs. This means you and the airplane feel twice as heavy as you actually are . If the airplane weighed 2,300 pounds, its structure is required to support 4,600 pounds in a 60 degree bank at a constant altitude.  \nHere is the most important point about increasing the G-force (finger in the ear again!) . If the airplane feels twice as heavy as it actually is, then the lift must double if the airplane is to maintain altitude. How can you increase lift? Creating a larger angle of attack by applying elevator back pressure, going faster by increasing the power, or a combination of both will increase the airplane’s lift production.  \nDuring steep turns you typically apply back pressure on the elevator control while attempting to maintain your altitude. This increases your angle of attack and increases lift to compensate for the increasing G force (Figure 31) . Prior to entering aslight bank at an airspeed of 100  \nChapter 2-Aerodynamics","cbCaiu59KuA6yLWY","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiu59KuA6yLWY","pdf",710716,"English","# Centrifugal Force and Apparent Weight\n## Load Factor and G-Force\n## Maintaining Altitude in Steep Turns\n## Angle of Attack, Lift, Drag, and Stall Risk","[{\"question\":\"Why do you feel heavier during a turn?\",\"answer\":\"During a sharp turn, centrifugal force pushes you outward while gravity pulls you down. The combined resulting force makes your apparent weight increase.\"},{\"question\":\"How is G-force related to bank angle in level flight?\",\"answer\":\"A load factor versus bank chart shows the exact G-force produced at a given bank angle while maintaining altitude; for example, a 60° bank produces 2G.\"},{\"question\":\"What happens to airspeed and stall risk in steeper banks?\",\"answer\":\"As bank steepens, the angle of attack must increase to maintain lift, which raises drag and reduces airspeed. 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