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I'm bored.
"Angle of Attack may be simply and cheaply measured in all light aircraft. The lack of AoA indicators in modern aircraft is a sad accident of history and a significant detractor from flight safety. An AoA indicator should be used in addition to the ASI. Discuss."
Indeed - you could have a cunning system whereby a flap of metal on the leading edge completes an electric circuit at a specific angle of attack, thereby releasing the door to a small cage in the cockpit containing a rabid ferret trained to bite the handling pilot in the ankle, and hence advise the pilot of an incipient stall.
We could make millions with this. I'm fairly sure about the ferret aspects, not so sure about the rest of the mechanism. We might have to negotiate on the Rabies feature, and maybe we could have the ferret pull the ballistic recovery handle on more modern types?