Stalling
 

Had to ask this in the full-scale forum… How many people when you saw the title of this thread related it to an engine quitting?

Too many times I read in other RCU “flying� forums where modelers refer to their engines stalling.

I just want to say… Engines don’t stall, wings do. Engines quit.[:@]

Ok I feel better getting that off my chest.;)

RE: Stalling
 

I can see a NTSB report saying this: The engine stalled causing the wings to quit lifting.:D

RE: Stalling
 

Kind of like hitting an air pocket! hahahahahaha

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Scott how about, the engine stalled then the wings stalled.[sm=spinnyeyes.gif]

Think I might be figuring this out, maybe a stall refers to the engine and a tip stall refers to the wing. Whenever somebody in my club stalls a plane it’s always a tip stall. So maybe the terminology has been reinvented for R/C and I haven’t picked up on it yet, because I’ve never heard the term “tip� stall outside modeling circles?

Flyboy, the only air pockets I’m aware of involve leaning to one side in your chair.:D

RE: Stalling
 

SDR:

Isn't a "Stall/Spin" accident when the engine stalls and the prop doesn't spin?

Haw.

Bill.

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Stalling is what my wife does when I ask her to fly aerobatics with me !:D

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If crashes are caused by engines stalling then I'm sticking to gliders. They should be crash proof, eh?

RE: Stalling
 

well in a glider the tow plane could stall