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Old 04-28-2007 | 11:46 AM
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Default RE: WHAT IS WING STALL?


ORIGINAL: HighPlains

You can see what wing stall is all about if you go over to Van's Aircraft web and click on the RV-12 stall/spin testing video's half way down the page. They have the wing and fuselage tuffed so that you can see how a stall develops. Notice the angle of the horizon in the background as the pilot slows down the aircraft for an unaccelerated stall.

http://www.vansaircraft.com/
Those are really cool videos. The sails of sailboats usually have tufts on them to warn the skipper that his sail is in a stall. (slow sailing) These tufts are usually called "tell tails" and if they are not streaming straight back, the sail is over trimmed.