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Old 18th June 2011 | 15:53
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HazelNuts39
 
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Greybeard;

On these airplanes the airfoil section (thickness, camber and 'incidence') varies considerably from wing root to tip. The stall behaviour is not simply a function of the airfoils, but involves all of the wing and even all of the airplane including the fuselage.
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