Kurvenlastvielfache

12:27 May 26, 2009 

For some strange reason, the ne wasn't subscripted in the German original, but I was sure it needed to be. This is for a general (non-technical) target readership though, as it is for a museum website, so lay text is probably wiser than too much technical jargon.

12:21 May 26, 2009 

David, you have a Kurvenlastvielfaches (g-load) of 4 to 5 G's when you start to enter a loop (a vertical curve), without any bank at all, just positive and negative pitch.<br>Banking is far away from being the correct answer. You can bank the aircraft unloaded, which is referred to as rolling.<br>And yes, V sub ne is a standard variable as V sub c ,etc. ne standing for never exceed. (Jesus!)<br>We are talking about engine, speed and G limitations here, which have direct impact on the aircraft's display performance.

12:21 May 26, 2009 

The term doesn't just involve banking, but curved flight generally. If you need a less specific term, then I would use g-loads as already suggested. "ne" should be suscripted and means "never exceed speed". This seems so suggest that a technical rather than lay text is required.