Question

An aircraft executes a horizontal loop at a speed of 720 kmh^-1 with its wings banked at 15°. What is the radius of the loop?

Answer 1

Here tanθ = v²/rg

⇒ r = {v²}/{g tanθ} = {(200)²}/{9.8 x tan 15°}

or r = 15232 m = 15.23 km