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Old 5th June 2013 | 19:54
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Dollehz
 
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Question Base turn outbound timing

Hey guys,

I recently had an interview where I was asked about the outbound timing of a base turn.

The question was: when flying a base turn, let's take a 30 degree angle between outbound and inbound, no outbound timing published, what time should I fly outbound in order to roll out on the inbound track using a 25 degree bank angle (ofc dependable on the speed) in zero wind conditions.

For a class A airplane I know a formula

Time = 36/angle between inbound and outbound

So in this case it would be 1,2 minutes but this is for a rate one turn only.

Does anyone know the exact math behind my problem or a rule of thumb?
If so, please help me out

Thanks in advance!
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