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Old 01-18-2003 | 12:39 AM
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Default G's

Turn Radius = Velocity^2 (ft/sec) / (Radial g x 32.2 ft/sec^2)

Radial g = g's in the plane of the turn which would be the same as G Meter g's at 90 degrees of bank.

At 200 mph (293 ft/sec) and a turn radius of 200 feet: Radial g's = (293^2) / (200 x 32.2) = 13.4 g's

A 6 g level turn at ~81 degrees of bank at 200 mph gives a turn radius of ~445 feet. The fast jets are encountering some pretty good loads.

The dymanic soaring guys are hitting well over 40 g's (and breaking wings) with their sailplanes when they get their speeds up over 150 mph.

Somebody check the math :tired: