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Old 7th June 2003 | 18:32
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Genghis the Engineer
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I've never heard the term "super stall" before so won't try to explain it.

Q (or more properly, q) is an aerodynamicists shorthand for dynamic pressure. On an old fashioned aeroplane with cables and pushrods (known as "reversible controls") you get force feedback that's s function of airspeed. On a modern aircraft with irreversible (FBW or more likely hydraulic controls) you don't get that feedback. So designers incorporate q-feel to give you that differing control force sense with increasing airspeed.


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