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7th Mar 2010, 11:45

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Keith.Williams.

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The general shape of your equation is OK.

I am a less sure about your constant 11.26.

If the speed is in knots, and we use 32 ft/sec/sec for g, then to get the radius in feet we need to use something closer to 11.226.

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