On Apr 18, 4:45 am, wrote:
In rec.aviation.piloting Mxsmanic wrote:

Thomas Borchert writes:
Can't follow you there. That's as useful a statement as "airplanes tend to
be stationary objects..."
In a turn, a portion of the lift produced by the wings must be used to
accelerate the aircraft laterally, and this portion of the lift is no longer
available to maintain the aircraft's altitude. Thus, without any adjustment
of pitch or power to compensate, any turn will result in a loss of altitude.

Yet another true but worthless statement.

One of the first things real pilots are taught in real training in
real airplanes is how to maintain a constant altitude in a turn.

Ergo any real turns by real airplanes will be constant altitude
unless the PILOT has a reason to do otherwise.

Since most 360 turns are done as practice to establish and maintain
the skill, most 360 turns will be at a constant altitude +/- 100 feet.


Consider the plight of the average ag pilot if he can't maintain
altitude in a steep turn if mad mixedups crazy claim is correct.....
and the brievity of his working life