I want to clarify the effects of the change in direction of the lift vector caused by banking in a plane.
Banking rotates the lift vector creating a horizontal component. I have read that some effects of this horizontal component are as follows:1) It acts as a centripetal forcing inducing circular motion in the plane.2) It generates sideslip such that in dihedral planes there is an increased angle of attack in the lowered wing, and a decreased angle of attack in the raised wing. This generates a restoring moment facilitating roll stability.
So my questions are as follows: How does the horizontal component of the lift have both a centripetal effect and a slide slip effect? (A more general question) In a banked turn under cetripetal force, what causes the change in the heading of the plane such that its longitudinal axis remains facing the relative wind?
Perhaps I have somewhat answered the first question with the second: initially under the centripetal force the plane does not yaw to have its longitudinal axis aligned with the new air velocity vector and therefore sideslip occurs? I am not sure, please let me know.
Thanks
