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    Finding the Radius of Curvature for a Helix: What is the Formula?

    Helix Radius I've seen vaiants of formulas such as amcavoy suggests in his second post. They do the job, but it bothered me that a Pathagorean approach was used when trig should offer a streamlined version. This is what I formulated: R = r(cos)^2 where the cos is derived from the slope...
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