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From: mmallory@netcom.com (Mark Mallory)
Subject: Re: Pitch-Airspeed, PWR-Alt: Bunk?
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Steve Peltz (peltz@jaka.ece.uiuc.edu) wrote:
: That centripetal acceleration IS the extra lift the wing is producing,
: which is what requires an increased AOA and causes a higher induced
: drag (because the air has to be accelerated faster to create that extra
: lift).

Centripetal acceleration ITSELF requires no power.  The increased lift 
required to produce such acceleration will cause an increase in induced 
drag, but an increase in *weight* in straight-and-level flight will do the 
same thing.  

