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Old 24th August 2006 | 22:05
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Chesty Morgan
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From: In your head.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I've always thought a wing would stall at the same angle of attack (give or take) regardless of flap.

AoA is the angle between the freestream airflow and the chord line (effectively a straight line between LE and TE). By lowering flaps and maintaing the aircraft pitch you are automatically increasing the AoA. And hence it is at a lower pitch attitude that an aircraft will stall.

If, as has been mentioned, they can compensate for flap settings then yes it could be useful.
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