I recently watched Neil deGrasse Tyson explains modern airplanes doing turns and how the fluid level wouldn’t change inside the cabin when turning.
Video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3SCxKTnC5YE
I’ve tried observing this myself and it didn’t always work as described. Reminder: you should still hang on to your drink just in case.
The comment section below the video mentions something called a “coordinated turn”.
What is it? When do pilots perform coordinated turns? Presumably a set velocity is required to achieve this for a given banking angle?
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When flying a hang glider there is only a two axis control. When we talk of a making a coordinated turn, the more the wing will stay on a flat plane and the least altitude is lost. In an uncoordinated turn the wing wants to slide or slip sidewise losing altitude quickly. Sometimes even more so than in a dive. This can be intentional or dangerous if you’re close to the ground.
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