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Old 10th April 2010 | 06:02
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ChrisVJ
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Please explain this then guys.

Wings stall at an angle of attack, not a particular speed.

An aircraft in a steady balanced level turn is developing the same amount of lift from both wings, otherwise it would be rolling.

The outer wing is travelling further than the inner wing (in the same time, of course,) therefore it is going faster.

Since the amount of lift developed by a wing varies according to speed and angle of attack (and a constant) , if both wings are developing the same lift and one is going slower than the other the slower wing must have a greater angle of attack.

If speed is decreased the angles of attack must increase to maintain level flight The wing with the greater angle of attack, the slower one, must stall first.



During the fifties and sixties both Cessna and Piper were spending vast amounts of time and money to develop aircraft that were easier to fly, ( 'A plane in every garage,') and less easy to crash. Along the way some of the aircraft gained unusual handling characteristics.
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