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Old 20th December 2010 | 15:44
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FCeng84
 
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Turn rate vs. Load Factor tradeoff

Rookie,

The short summary is that for bank angles of 30 degrees or less, doubling the bank angle of a turn roughly doubles the turn rate (or cuts the turn radius in half) at the expense of increasing the incremental vertical acceleration by a factor of four. If your flight segment does not require the turn performance associated with a 30 degree bank, your passengers will definitely find the ride smoother/calmer if you can limit bank to 15 degrees.
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