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Old 22nd Feb 2018, 20:14
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Originally Posted by Zaphod Beblebrox
the stalling AOA remains constant for a given airfoil.

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Since ρ0 is constant, indicated stall speed will not change as altitude changes.
This is the exact bit that I mentioned earlier, that falls under the "lies told to children" category.

The stall AOA decreases with very high altitude, and the IAS stall speed increases.

Altitude-IAS graph of U2
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