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Old 14th March 2010 | 01:38
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Originally Posted by p51guy
I spent a day in my 757 measuring turn radius at FL350 vs 5,000 ft descending and verified that the lower you fly, the less the turning radius. I used a 25 degree bank throughout the maneuver at 220 K indicated airspeed.
No, you verified that the slower you fly, the less the turning radius, which we all know so what was the point? It seems like an expensive exercise.
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