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Old July 3rd 05, 08:10 PM
Peter Duniho
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"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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I get enough angle of attack that the wing will no longer support the
weight of the aircraft even with full up elevator.


Any angle of attack may be insufficient to support the weight of the
airplane. All you need is a low enough airspeed.

I'm not sure your definition of stall, but this one works for me.


The definition of stall is quite different, and has already been discussed
in detail in this thread. Bottom line: you don't define stall based on the
lift the wing is generating. You *may* relate stall to (but not definite it
based on) the coefficient of lift, but to figure out actual lift you need to
account for airspeed, and stall has nothing to do with airspeed, not from a
definition point of view.

Yes, I'm using the elevator to bleed off airspeed until the wing will no
longer support the airplane.


That does not mean you are stalling the airplane. It just means your angle
of attack is insufficient to generate lift equal to the weight of the
airplane at your current airspeed.

Pete