ORIGINAL: dick Hanson
Yup - I guess the latter is correct.
I had hoped there was some relevant info for extremely low loading stuf - but if you say there isn't - well - so be it.
Do you ever fly models?
If one works with aerobatic designs -- the stall character is VERY important.
as for "stall speed"
I can stall almost any aerobatic model at any speed - so I don't concern myself with "stall speeds" but rather - how the model acts under high G loads or rapid changes in AOA.
I thought this stuff was basic aerodynamics --
Yes, stall character is very important. It just doesn't happen to have anything to do with the question that Mitek was asking. "Textbook aerodynamics" is perfectly valid and useful for very low wing loading. The only thing special about the planes you talk about is the low Reynold's numbers at which they operate. This means that the optimum airfoil for a full scale plane, or a model that operates at high Reynold's number, is not optimum for your planes. Neither is a flat plate, although it works better at low Reynold's numbers than at high ones. It also means that there isn't as much good data readily available for your planes. Your conclusion that very low wing loading changes all the rules is simply nonsense. That's fine, if you choose subscribe to that belief. It is annoying however, when you give incorrect answers to people's questions, and use every thread as a forum to promote your personal aerodynamic philosophy.