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Old 27th Oct 2011, 10:10
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An orbit or a 360 does not require a rate 1 turn as commercial a/c flying above 240k will probably not do them as the angle of bank is too steep. Easy calculation is TAS/10 + 7 will give near enough the angle of bank for a rate 1 turn if you want to do one.
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