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Old 16th August 2011 | 08:53
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Microburst2002
 
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A Flaps only case.

According to good old FCOM 3.01.20 p9:

Stall speed when clean and 61.5 ton is about 152 kt.
With conf 1+F stall speed is about 118 kt.
With conf 2, stall speed is about 111 kt

Could we say that stall speed for no slats/flaps 1 should lie somewhere between 118kt and 152 kt? Or that stall speed for no slats/flaps 2 should lie somewhere between 152 kt and 111 kt?

Nope! Because this is a flaps only case. Extending flaps only (no slats) means a reduced stall AoA. Remember the curve, with higher CLmax but smaller stall AoA.

For the same attitude, it could happen that you have a "good" AoA flying clean at 190 kt (38 kt margin or approx 20%) but are too close to stall AoA at the same speed when flaps 2 are deployed.

That would explain what happened to you in the sim.
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