Why do airplanes bank when they turn? How would you

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Why do airplanes bank when they turn? How would you compute the banking angle given its speed and radius of the turn?

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Why do airplanes bank when they turn? How would you compute the banking angle given its speed and radius of the turn?

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The banking helps the aircraft to turn. By banking an airplane the lift divided into two components as shown in the following free-body diagram. The horizontal component provides the centripetal force while turning and vertical component the resultant total lift. Hence to bank the airplane, the ailerons are lifted up on the wing in the desired direction to turn

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