Talk:Standard rate turn

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Surely the radius of turn formula is incorrect. It should read TAS(kt) ÷ rate of turn × 60 × pi

--10FEB2012 It was incorrect. The original writing of the formula used RateOfTurn(1,2,3) * 60, where RateOfTurn was a selection of 1 or 2 or 3. However, there was an edit made to change 60 to 20, which would make RateOfTurn have to be 3, 6, 9. Easier to say rate of turn in degrees * 20 than rate(1,2,3) * 60. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.192.238.39 (talk) 20:21, 10 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

Troggers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Troggers (talk • contribs) 18:52, 20 January 2012 (UTC)Reply

Standard rate or rate one is always 3 degrees per second. Aircraft may turn at different rates (it depends on speed, not weight) but that does not change the definition. Added references to clarify this. Altaphon (talk) 02:04, 28 February 2014 (UTC)Reply

Something is wrong with the approximation formula for standard rate bank angle, it does not seem close at all to the arctan formula for typical maneuvering ground speeds between say 50 knots and 160 knots. Could there be a typo or something? Does it only work for very high speeds or something? — Preceding unsigned comment added by GnuPooh (talk • contribs) 13:07, 19 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

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