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== Usage == [[Image:Turn coordinator - coordinated.svg|thumb|Image showing the face of a turn coordinator during a standard rate [[Coordinated flight|coordinated]] right turn.]] Standardized turn rates are often employed in approaches and holding patterns to provide a reference for [[Air traffic controller|controllers]] and pilots so that each will know what the other is expecting. The pilot banks the airplane such that the turn and slip indicator points to the mark appropriate for that aircraft and then uses a clock to time the turn. The pilot can roll out at any desired direction depending on the length of time in the turn. During a constant-bank level turn, increasing airspeed decreases the rate of turn, and increases the turn radius.<ref>Jeppeson Sanderson, Inc., "Guided Flight Discovery Instrument Commercial," Jeppeson, Englewood, Colorado, 2015. P. 2-8.</ref> A ''rate half turn'' (1.5Β° per second) is normally used when flying faster than 250 kn. The term ''rate two turn'' (6Β° per second) is used on some low speed aircraft. === Instrumentation === Instruments, either the [[turn and slip indicator]] or the [[turn coordinator]], have the standard rate or half standard rate turn clearly marked. Slower aircraft are equipped with 2-minute turn indicators while faster aircraft are often equipped with 4-minute turn indicators.
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