Rate of turn indicator?
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Hi James,
Sorry, no that's the turn coordinator. The rate of turn indicator is used to to make standard rate (2min 360deg) turns.
On the classic 6 pack setup it would be the small airplane above the turn coordinator.
On some Garmin displays it's depicted as a magenta arrow extending from the lubber line around the circumference of the HSI in the direction of turn.
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Just searched the manuals. No mention of "rate of turn", or "turn rate."
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The rule of thumb I'm aware of is 10% of
IASTAS plus 7 for the bank angle for a rate 1 turn. After 25 degrees, just hold at 25 degrees.EDIT: my reference simply said speed, but in the FS Academy course you only fly slower GA where they're about equal anyway
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I thought if you just set 25 degrees of bank or whatever and held it you got a standard 2 min turn? Although it reduces with speed? So maybe a bit pointless on the Starship as it's a lot faster than say a 152/172 so it would vary wildy?
Cheers
James@hughesj2 standard rate one turn is not based on a specific bank angle, as bank angle ≠turn rate. As jmarkows said, a good rule of thumb is (TAS/10)+7. So for a hold at say 210KTAS, angle of bank should be 28 degrees. If you're flying something very slow (say a 172 flying a hold at 100KTAS) the bank angle needed will be significantly less (17 degrees) as you say.
