Don't forget that when you are making a steep turn, your vortices are not
sinking straight down. They are sinking perpindicular to your wings. I would
also guess, this IS just a guess though, that vortices sink at the lower end
of the range of sink rates you'll see given.

I've hit the wake in otherwise smooth air without showing any loss of
altitude in the turn. Since it's invisible, I can't say with absolute
certainty that it was my own wake, but it sure was the best explanation I
could come up with.

mike

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Ah ... descending turns are different, and you might well enounter your
own
wake in that case.

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