Hobo wrote:

Chad Irby wrote:

Aerodynamic drag.

So if the F-15 had high wing loading it would be a Mach 3 rocket?

Hard to tell. You *can* have planes with higher wing loading that have
a better turn radius (the WWII Messerschmitt 109). The aspect ratio of
the wing is very important here, too.

But if you keep everything else the same, you reduce drag (by some
amount) while also increasing the turn radius (by some amount).

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