RCU Forums - View Single Post - Tip Stall--a misnomer?
View Single Post
Old 01-17-2005 | 03:31 PM
  #8  
BMatthews's Avatar
BMatthews
 
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 12,432
Likes: 0
Received 28 Likes on 24 Posts
From: Chilliwack, BC, CANADA
Default RE: Tip Stall--a misnomer?

Constant chord wings can still tip stall because the tip is "open" and leaks air around in a vortex formation. However with most of the good ones the angle and speed difference between the tip stalling and the rest of the wing following is very narrow.