ORIGINAL: Bozarth
ORIGINAL: Jim Thomerson
If nothing is changed, the airplane has to fly faster to generate enough lift to fly the additional 1/2 lb.
But ''if nothing is changed'' it won't fly flaster.
Kurt
Incorrect. It will drop out of the sky (at a rate relative to the percentage of weight gained) trading potential energy for kinetic energy until it gains enough speed to maintain altitude. If the power doesn't change at all, then it will slowly descend until altitude=0. That is, of course, assuming that ALL things remain the same and that the plane was not accelerating in straight-and-level flight..