An aircraft executes a horizontal loop at a speed of 720 km/h with its wings banked at 15°. What is the radius of the loop?
Given:
Speed of aircraft, v = 720 Km/h = 200ms-1
Banking of aircraft, Θ = 15°
Let radius of loop = R m
We know that, radius of loop has the following relation,
R = v2/ (g tan Θ) …(1)
→ R = 14925.37 m
→ R = 14.92 Km
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