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Old 26th Dec 2013, 13:34
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creaze
 
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Thanks everybody, specially Runaway Gun.

Flare Pilot i might be starting to see your point. So in a light plane, if i go 97 knots instead of 93 knots, this would allow me to pull destructive Gs, and the airplane would not stall, the safety valve would not work for that light airplane. Right?

Whereas, in a heavy plane, the stall valve works, and i can be allowed to go up to 104 knots and be sure i'll stall before i can do damage to airframe. Is that how it is?

Starts making sense to me now. Only, i thought, with increasing weight, all flight characteristics would walk along with each other, and as stalling speeds rise, the Gs, that produce harmful load, would decline. Well, maybe i'll figure that sometime later when i get to study theory books.

As for learning styles, i'm rather on Flare Pilot's side. Just keep in mind that since my curiosity is a factor as well, i'm better off knowing why, by the time i'm inside the plane, rather than guessing and burning hands after all. That's how it is with us, smart guys ;o)
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