On Apr 17, 9:10 am, Mxsmanic wrote:
Tim writes:
An interesting dilemma - either MSFS is bogus or Mx is wrong... has hell
frozen over?

Many of the MSFS developers are pilots, for better or for worse.

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I believe that the explanation to why all pilots have experienced this
is that the vortices of a tight turn descend much more slowly than the
vortices generated in straight flight. All of the experimental data
that I can find on vortex descent rate has been done on planes in
straight flight (or in wind tunnels which is the same thing). All of
the reasons espoused in this thread for vortices to have any downward
velocity can be used to explain why numbers should change when the
wings aren't level.

The other factor that has been ignored is how fast a steep turn
executes. A 2g coordinated turn at 100 knots will complete in 19
seconds. (That's close to a 45 degree bank angle in most small
planes.) The formula to play with different loading factors and
speeds is:
rate of turn= omega = g*sqrt(n^2-1)/V