In order for an airplane to bank, does it need to accelerate

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Terrence Murphy

23 February, 10:42

In order for an airplane to bank, does it need to accelerate

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Babykins · Answer 1

I can tell. You're thinking that accelerate means speed up. it doesn't. Acceleration is any change in speed or direction. When an airplane is banking its direction is changing and that's acceleration. Even if the speed doesn't change.