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Old 21st Feb 2005, 15:26
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John Farley

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Sorry, but stall is not just a function of angle of attack (alpha). It's also a function of the Mach number - even for 'low speed' stalls
Cor, I supect that will have a few people wondering....

I know what you mean but might it not be better to say something more on the lines of:

'while the stall is only a function of angle of attack, the precise function is affected by Mach number and aircraft configuration etc etc'

Sorry if you see that as a nitpick but I think the earlier poster was just trying to make the point that a wing does not stall because of the speed it is travelling at. And my word is that not the truth!
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