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Posted by kim on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 7:12pm.

An airplane is flying with a constant speed of 275 m/s along a horizontal circle with a radius of 1.23 x 104 m. If the lift force of the air on the wings is perpendicular to the wings, at what angle, relative to the horizontal, should the wings be banked?

Physics - bobpursley, Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 7:23pm
centripetal force: mv^2/r
gravity force: mg

angle banked: arctan v^2/rg

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