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Old 08-26-2003 | 09:38 PM
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KenLitko
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Default plane climbs at full thottle

Originally posted by Dsegal
> The lift on the wing(s) increases with speed, <

Actually, the lift increases with the square of the speed and that makes a big difference.

Dave Segal
True... it's also influenced by air density, but I was trying to keep it simple