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Old 11th November 2012 | 00:11
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JulienD
 
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Stall strips DA20

Hi everybody,

I have a question regarding the functiun of the stallstrips of the DA20.

The wikipedia difinition of stallstrips is:

A stall strip is a small sharp-edged device that, when attached to the leading edge of a wing, encourages the stall to start there in preference to any other location on the wing. If attached close to the wing root, it makes the stall gentle and progressive; if attached near the wing tip, it encourages the aircraft to drop a wing when stalling.

On the DA20 they are mounted close to the wingtips, so beside the fact that they are used to create a buffet felt via the ailerons on the control stick, why would you want at the stall to have a wingdrop ? Which could be quite dangerous if a good remedial action (=use of rudder) is not taken ???

Thanks you in advance for your help.
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