| Dependence of various factors on bank angle (K7 solo speeds and L/D assumed) | |||||||||
| bank angle | Load factor | multiplier | Vs | Vbest | Vsink | radius | T_3_6_0 | descent | |
| (^o) | (1/cos |phi|) | sqt(1/cos |phi|) | (mph) | (mph) | (m/s) | (ft) | (sec) | (ft) | |
| 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 33 | 46 | 0.8 | ||||
| 5 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 33 | 46 | 0.8 | 1624 | 151 | 394 | |
| 10 | 1.02 | 1.01 | 33 | 46 | 0.8 | 815 | 75 | 200 | |
| 15 | 1.04 | 1.02 | 34 | 47 | 0.8 | 547 | 50 | 137 | |
| 20 | 1.06 | 1.03 | 34 | 47 | 0.9 | 414 | 37 | 106 | |
| 25 | 1.10 | 1.05 | 35 | 48 | 0.9 | 335 | 30 | 89 | |
| 30 | 1.15 | 1.07 | 35 | 49 | 1.0 | 283 | 25 | 79 | |
| 35 | 1.22 | 1.10 | 36 | 51 | 1.1 | 247 | 21 | 73 | |
| 40 | 1.31 | 1.14 | 38 | 53 | 1.2 | 220 | 18 | 69 | |
| 45 | 1.41 | 1.19 | 39 | 55 | 1.3 | 200 | 16 | 68 | |
| 50 | 1.56 | 1.25 | 41 | 57 | 1.5 | 185 | 14 | 69 | |
| 55 | 1.74 | 1.32 | 44 | 61 | 1.8 | 173 | 12 | 73 | |
| 60 | 2.00 | 1.41 | 47 | 65 | 2.2 | 163 | 11 | 79 | |
| 65 | 2.37 | 1.54 | 51 | 71 | 2.9 | 156 | 9 | 89 | |
| 70 | 2.92 | 1.71 | 56 | 79 | 4.0 | 151 | 8 | 106 | |
| 75 | 3.86 | 1.97 | 65 | 90 | 6.0 | 147 | 7 | 137 | |
| 80 | 5.76 | 2.40 | 79 | 110 | 10.9 | 144 | 6 | 200 | |
| 85 | 11.47 | 3.39 | 112 | 156 | 30.7 | 142 | 4 | 394 | |
| Notes: | K7 L/D = 26:1 | ||||||||
| Load factor is 1/cos |phi| | |||||||||
| Multiplier is 1/sqrt(cos |phi|) | |||||||||
| Vs is stall speed; Vs(0)*(multiplier) | |||||||||
| Vbest is best L/D; Vbest(0)*(multiplier) | |||||||||
| Vsink(0) is Vbest(0)/(L/D) | |||||||||
| Vsink is Vsink(0)*(load factor)*(multiplier) | |||||||||
| Radius is V^2/g tan |phi|, where g=32.17 ft/s^2 | |||||||||
| T_3_6_0 is time for a 360^o turn and equals 2|pi|r/V(|phi|) | |||||||||
| descent is Vsink'*T_3_6_0 | |||||||||
| 1 mph = 1.467 ft/s; 1 ft/sec = 0.3048 m/s | |||||||||
| From: | |||||||||
| The Complete Soaring Pilot's Handbook, by Ann and Lorne Welch and Frank Irving | |||||||||
| revised 4/19/02 (corrected T_3_6_0 and descent, which were off due to a conversion factor error) | |||||||||
| [hanson.chem.stolaf.edu]d:\glider\speeds.wq1 (hansonr@stolaf.edu) | |||||||||