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Old February 5th 13, 03:07 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Ralph Jones[_3_]
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Default Formula for diameter of a circle

On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 06:37:42 -0800 (PST), wrote:

Can someone post the formula for determining the diameter of a circle flown at a specific speed and bank angle?

Thanks,

Brian


v=airspeed in feet per second
b=bank angle
r=radius of turn

r=(v^2)/32.2tan b