Why does stall speed increase with weight?
I know that it does. And I can follow the maths to prove that it does. I understand that the increase in weight requires an increase in lift to counter. I understand that to increase the lift we have the option to increase v or CL (AoA). But why does the stall speed increase? Reverse logic suggests we will hit the critical AoA at a faster speed since I know the stall speed increases but my question is why? What am I missing? Every explanation on the web just explains that we need to increase lift because of the additional weight and therefore stall speed increases. I'm missing the jump between the two. Anyone got a nice simple answer?