Mountain Man
Thank goodness I found you!
I owe you an apology. I should not have made fun of a serious topic.
Where I agreed with Davaar and not you was over your 07.52 post. For me an aircraft (in this case a gliding Tiger Moth descending at a fixed rate) has lift equal to its weight otherwise it would accelerate downwards.
Then I also had trouble over your explanation that following a speed reduction from the cruise there was no way to keep the lift the same at a lower speed. For me all I do is increase the back pressure which increases the AoA and keeps your lift formula satisfied. Providing we do not go above the straight line bit of the Cl versus AoA curve we are not going to stall.
Indeed re that last point surely the only way pilots ever vary their lift in the normal course of flying is to run up and down that Cl versus AoA line. We do not normally change V to control lift surely?
Even better here on the tech log eh? – sort of more grown up.
Excuse my female ramblings earlier (34DD gedit?)