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by bombcar 1058 days ago
It’s perfectly normal in a small plane and the center of gravity doesn’t move much because the plane is small. (Technically center of force vs gravity yaddayadda)

Anything a small plane can do a big plane can (very few exceptions), so they can slip just fine, like they can do a 60° bank just fine - but it becomes VERY uncomfortable for the passengers - who now will feel they’re “outside the plane”.

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> they can do a 60° bank just fine - but it becomes VERY uncomfortable for the passengers

Only if you try to maintain altitude. If you let it descend it can be a 1G maneuver and no one will be able to tell unless they look out the window (at which point they will probably freak).

They can also do a barrel roll: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaA7kPfC5Hk
I was expecting this[0] video. That "whoops" gets me every time.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2CsO-Vu7oc