Pivotal altitude
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Pivotal altitude
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Pivotal altitude is the height for a given ground speed at which the line of sight from the cockpit
directly parallel to the lateral axis of the aircraft will remain stationary on an object on the ground. A good rule of thumb for estimating the pivotal altitude is to square the groundspeed, then divide by 15 or divide by 11.3, and then add the mean sea level (MSL) altitude of the ground reference. The pivotal altitude is the altitude at which, for a given groundspeed, the projection of the visua
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2018-06-16T18:16:39Z
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