Speed decay versus buffet onset
The buffet in the 'bus most likely manifests itself if you are approaching the "critical" AoA fairly gradually. My VooDoo told me real early, and a degree or so before the "pitch up". My straight wing planes only told me a degree of Aoa before the stall. My swept wing jets other than the F-102 did not have a distinct "break" in the buffet/burble. The Viper had no distinct buffet and simply went onto a deep stall or not, depending upon entry conditions.
All the references to stall and such that use knots or mph or furlongs per fortnight are based upon one gee flight and st-and-level. But Orville taught me that the AoA was what we had to pay attention to. I can take anoyone here up in a Cub or new trainer and show/teach the "feel". If the nugget can't feel the burble, then I recommend going to transports.
Last edited by gums; 14th Aug 2017 at 00:56.
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