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Old 10th Apr 2019, 20:46
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Originally Posted by slacktide
How about this - you could drill a hole in the leading edge of the wing, slightly below the stagnation point. Using some flexible tubing, you could connect this hole to a kazoo or harmonica mounted in the cockpit. At a high angle of attack, the stagnation point will move below the hole, and a vacuum will exist at the hole, drawing air through the tube and sounding the kazoo.

You could even test it during pre-flight by applying oral suction. One would presume that this would be an FO task.
Crafty FOs could carry one of these to test the kazoo......
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