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Old 22nd Nov 2006, 20:02
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Raymond Ginardon
 
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"An aircraft at a constant speed will make a relatively wide circle at 1 G but will turn in a very tight circle at 7 or 8 Gs. The corner velocity is the speed that gives the optimum balance between turn rate and turn radius"

An ac will fly a HUGE circle at 1 g!!

Author is getting a bit tangled with rate and radius too (with respect to corner speed).

Ray
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