The maximum lateral bending angle imposed onto the coiled tubing as seen at the entrance to the tubing guide arch. After the injector and service reel are properly positioned, a reference line is run from the center of the tubing guide arch through a point on the service reel located midway between the reel flanges. The fleet angle is represented as the angle between the reference line and a second line run from the entrance to the tubing guide arch to the wall of either the reel flange, as measured along the same plane.