ORIGINAL: Rob2160
ORIGINAL: fred985
any aircraft of any size will stall at any speed if it has enough ''up'' or down elevator. elavator on a real airplane is set so it will be full up at the point where the aircraft slows down to the point that the wing looses lift. if propely designed it will be in the 3 point landing attitude. it will have full up,,,stall and have all 3 wheels touch the runway at the same time.
Not wishing to offend but this is definately not the case for any aircraft I have ever flown.
Aircraft approach at a safe margin above the stall speed, (IE 1,3 x 1G stall speed in the landing configuration) and are flown smoothly onto the runway at a speed above this stall speed.
Watch any airliner, corporate jet, fighter aircraft on landing.. They do NOT stall at the point where the wheels touch down.
In fact, these aircraft have stall protection systems that will PUSH the nose down if they get close to stalling.. That is the LAST thing you want just a few feet above the runway.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GrwODV68R8[/youtube]
However there is much mis information and a common misconception that you should stall just at the point of wheel contact.. from websites like this..
http://stoenworks.com/tutorials/how%...airplanes.html
In small light aircraft it is not uncommon to hear the stall warning during the flare, but this is not a stall, it is a WARNING that you are approaching a stall, usually 5 - 10 knots above it..
Here is a reasonably good article that explains how larger aircraft are flown onto the runway.. not stalled..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing