Turn to Final - Keeping Ball Centered

Why does no one distinguish between a level turn (constant acceleration into
the center of the arc, which increases load factor) and the load factor in
which the same angle of bank exists in a descent? When descending you are
moving away from the center of the in the vertical direction which means
less acceleration towards the center in the original plane (geometric).

You can feel the load factor difference in the seat of your pants when
descending, compared to maintaining level flight in a steep bank. I don't
understand how people can claim the load factor is the same descending and
turning for example in a 600 fpm descent.

It is no different than twirling a weight at the end of a string. Takes
more energy to maintain the string at a higher horizontal angle.



2. The stall speed goes up as the square root of the secant (1/cosine)
of the angle of bank.

At:
30 deg: 1.07
45 deg: 1.19
60 deg: 1.41
75 deg: 1.97