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Old 17th Aug 2000, 00:51
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Tinstaafl
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I might add:

Given an angle of attack indicator & appropriately calibrated data, who cares about speed/velocity?

After all, it's the angle of attack of the wing that is of paramount importance and all these speeds are just ways of trying to describe an appropriate AoA under a given set of conditions - typically 1 g.

It's easy to demonstrate unstalled flight at less than the 1g stall speed, which is the one quoted in the manual. Some of course also quote a speed for a given Angle of BANK, but even that is still based on an Angle of Attack.

[This message has been edited by Tinstaafl (edited 16 August 2000).]