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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A coordinated turn is a little tricky in a real plane when you’re learning. It gets much harder when you can’t experience the flight forces on your body and even harder when you have no turn coordinator (a special ball level inside the cockpit). I have no experience flying RC but I suggest just adding a little rudder into your turns, you’ll need less rudder with more bank angle.
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