ORIGINAL: combatpigg
CAFEENMAN! Explain to me how switching from a symetric airfoil to a flat bottom airfoil with a flip of a switch puts me closer to a stall? Switching to FLAPERONS DECREASES my AOA! Come watch me land on a picnic table sometime[X(]!P.S. WASHOUT is for gliders and "rightsideupinsidelooponlykindsofguys".
Because the angle of attack is measured from the center of the TE through the center of the LE. WHen you drop the flaps, you lower the center of the TE and thus increase the AoA. Don't take my word for it like you always do... ask someone else.
