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18th Jan 2005, 21:16

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Capt Fathom

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If you have an Excel spreadsheet, paste in this:

=ROUND(PRODUCT(E3,E3)/(11.26*TAN(E4*PI()/180)),0)

Cell E3 is the TAS
Cell E4 is the bank angle

Gives the answer for the Radius in feet.