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June 30th 09, 01:02 PM
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Low-altitude flight
Those numbers make sense, and bring back some memories. The only
airplane maneuver in which pivotal altitude comes into play, as I remember it, is eights-on-pylons. And I seem to remember that for a Cherokee (airplane) at 90kt, the pivotal altitude was 700'. Your formula gives just about that. The pivotal altitude changes as you go around a circle, though, because unless there is no wind, your speed keeps changing. 
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