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Old 9th Apr 2004, 08:06
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Beagle.

I believe I'v seen Cl alpha curves where the addition of flaps resulted in a higher stalling AOA and higher CL. In this case, the flaps "elongate" the normal curve causing the maximum point to move up and right.
Again, I might be wrong. (its been a while since I took perf at uni)

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