Originally Posted by Dozy
I'm referring to the constantly changing variable of airspeed throughout. (...) The aircraft maintained airspeed based on that initial value
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The airspeed did not increase enough to have a significant impact on calculated maximum alpha
How does airspeed affect the 'calculated maximum alpha', isn't alpha-max equal to 17.5 degrees?
The aircraft maintained airspeed based on that initial value, and maintained pitch attitude equivalent to maximum AoA available.
I don't understand how an airplane can maintain a constant pitch attitude in essentially level flight while it decelerates from 140 kts to 112 kts, and the whole point of the discussion is that the airplane never reached alpha-max.