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Old 30th May 2011, 18:31
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barit1
 
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Guildenstern:
Is it possible to get a stall warning when pulling out of a dive?
Absolutely.

It's called "high speed stall" or maybe "accelerated stall", and it occurs any time you're asking the wing to work beyond its max CL. The attitude of the aircraft is immaterial.

In fact, what we usually call a common stall (1.0 g) is a special case; in general a stall occurs whenever (mass x g) exceeds the wing's aerodynamic lifting capacity.
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