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Old 21st July 2006 | 10:17
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Shaggy Sheep Driver
 
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Originally Posted by IO540
True, however this is not a terribly helpful explanation because the AOA is the final result of everything that causes the air to flow over the wing.
That "everything" includes the effect of the propwash, which (for this aircraft type) would be flowing over the inboard portion of the wing. So I would expect a slightly lower stall speed if the engine power is higher, particularly as many wings are designed to stall inboard first (for aileron control reasons).
But it would not be a strong effect.

In aeros the concept of 'loading' and 'unloading' the wing (increasing and decreasing AoA) is vital, and becomes second nature.

But you are correct in that we can only judge AoA rather imprecisely (though if we train ourselves to 'think' AoA rtaher than airspeed many stall/spin scnarios would be avoided), hence my call for an AoA indicator - common only in fast jets and Concorde, but not a particularly complex bit of kit.

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