In the halcyon days when Bett Windsor's Flying Club (aka the RAF) flew real aeroplanes, without all these clever wiggly amps and gigabytes to help, we were issued with a small card/piece of paper which if I recall correctly had three/four lines of figures on it.
Angle of bank was one, TAS was another, radius of turn was the third and possibly "g" force was the fourth.
All one had to do was to put a straight edge along 2 of the values and read off the other(s) where the edge intersected the line of values.
All this tan theta and mental maths was obviously too hard for the top guns of the period and it sounds like a prime example of KEEP IT SIMPLE.
Has the K I S S principle been abandoned forever in favour of geeks and shiny touchscreens?
To the OP, I appreciate this cribsheet is not a formula but it seemed to be worth that fine institutions efforts to educate their pilot and navs.
Can any ex RAF/FAA exiles out there recall the nomogram and put what's left of my mind at ease, please?!
