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Re:The Weird-Looking, Fuel-Efficient Planes You Could Be Fly... by gauravjain13 on Thursday November 10, 2022 @02:47PM (#33552077)
True, but absolute bank angle would also matter (say endpoint of roll when roll acceleration is zero) because now there's a component of gravity pulling you sideways.
Re:The Weird-Looking, Fuel-Efficient Planes You Could Be Fly... by cwillu on Thursday November 10, 2022 @03:02PM (#33552366)
When roll acceleration is zero, the remaining acceleration (i.e., due to gravity) felt by a passenger on the wing edge will be the same as a passenger in the middle of the plane.
Re:The Weird-Looking, Fuel-Efficient Planes You Could Be Fly... by AnimalMuppet on Thursday November 10, 2022 @02:56PM (#33552242)
Not if the pilot did it right. The net force on you should always be directly toward the floor.
Re:The Weird-Looking, Fuel-Efficient Planes You Could Be Fly... by alistairSH on Thursday November 10, 2022 @04:37PM (#33553771)
Even when the plane is tipped over at 15* (or whatever their max bank angle happens to be)? The floor is no longer directly underneath you.
Re:The Weird-Looking, Fuel-Efficient Planes You Could Be Fly... by orangepurple on Thursday November 10, 2022 @05:04PM (#33554134)
The plane turns while banking which results in a force vector mostly straight down towards the floor. If the plane did not turn while banking what you wrote is true.

The ground is whatever you accelerate towards.

Re:The Weird-Looking, Fuel-Efficient Planes You Could Be Fly... by edh649 on Thursday November 10, 2022 @05:05PM (#33554153)
Balanced out by the centripetal force of the plane turning!
Re:The Weird-Looking, Fuel-Efficient Planes You Could Be Fly... by vel0city on Thursday November 10, 2022 @05:17PM (#33554335)
Underneath is a relative term.
Re:The Weird-Looking, Fuel-Efficient Planes You Could Be Fly... by mannykannot on Thursday November 10, 2022 @06:30PM (#33555170)
It is called a coordinated turn and it is what one normally aspires to fly.

https://www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/aerodynamics/the-aer...

A coordinated turn with 60 degrees bank should be achievable by any airworthy airplane (it requires pulling 2g), and the maximum bank angle for a steady-state coordinated turn depends on how many g you can pull before you run out of control authority, cause an accelerated stall, or reach the airframe's structural limit.

Next time you fly, get a beverage of your choice and observe how it behaves. Here's an example, courtesy of the great test pilot Bob Hoover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9pvG_ZSnCc

Re:The Weird-Looking, Fuel-Efficient Planes You Could Be Fly... by pc86 on Thursday November 10, 2022 @07:42PM (#33555913)
If the turn is coordinated you can't tell the difference. I've been in small GA planes turning at 35-40 degrees and it doesn't feel like you're sliding at all, you're pulled back into your seat and "down" (relative to you) into the flooring.
Re:The Weird-Looking, Fuel-Efficient Planes You Could Be Fly... by QuadmasterXLII on Thursday November 10, 2022 @03:57PM (#33553235)
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Re:The Weird-Looking, Fuel-Efficient Planes You Could Be Fly... by MiscCompFacts on Thursday November 10, 2022 @05:16PM (#33554312)
I wonder if this could be solved by a rotating inner cabin that always maintain perpendicular to force of gravity when the plane banks?