![]() |
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
A standard rate turn is 360 degrees in 2 minutes for all planes.
However the bank angle required to accomplish this depends on airspeed. The Standard Rate Turn is a concept created a long time ago to standardize turns so that they are predictable for both piltos and controllers. They allow a pilot to perform any course change or turn while flying in clouds without a compass or a heading indicator. For instance, to change heading by 30 degrees, the pilot executes a 10-second Standard-Rate-turn if it's a small airplane, or a 20-second turn in a jet. The Standard Rate Turn is the rate-of-turn used by the autopilots when it executes turns. This however, has nothing to do with the aircraft's ability to perform steep turns (45 degrees and beyond), or even rolls if the pilot wanted to. For most large jets the cruise airspeed standard rate turn would exceed 30 (maybe 45) degrees of bank. This is the reason the Standard Rate turn in a jet is 1.5 degrees per second or 4 minutes for 360 degrees turns. Just a quick note : Airliners execute turns of AT LEAST 30 degrees bank every time, except when performing small course corrections while in cruise. Therefore they are restricted to 25 degrees of bank. Where did you get this from ? There is no such thing. Airliners execute 45 degree banks on every flight. 25 degrees of bank doesn't produce much of a heading change in a jet, test it yourself in FS. Now, this does not mean a 757 can't physically turn more steeply than that, it just states how they are governed. I'm sure a 757 would have no problem performing a 60 or greater degree bank angle, just as the 707 had no problem being rolled during its test flight. Correct. They can and they do perform steep turns every day. The 757 and the 707, as well as all other Boeings (except the 777) have "conventional" controls, meaning, the control surfaces are directly connected to the cockpit (they may be hydraulically assited), and therefore, they can do whatever the pilot wants them to do. The newer "Fly-By-Wire" airplanes like the A320 and the subsequent Airbuses have certain limitations built into the software to prevent sudden maneuvers and to protect the airplane from undesired things such as stalling, but even these will allow steep turns. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
AOPA Stall/Spin Study -- Stowell's Review (8,000 words) | Rich Stowell | Aerobatics | 28 | January 2nd 09 02:26 PM |
Calculating vertical time and distance in a stall turn (US Hammerhead) | Dave | Aerobatics | 3 | November 20th 03 10:48 AM |