"jcarlyle" wrote in message
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Does anyone know, for a modern 40:1 glider, how violent a tail stall
pitch up would be?Also, if a glider has a totatally benign wing stall,
eg, non-violent wing stall break, would this imply that a tail stall
would also be non-violent?
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-John

John,

Since the tail is providing down force in normal flight, if it stalls due to
icing the tail will lose downward "lift". the tail will then go up causing a
nose pitch *down*. I doubt that benign normal wing stall behavior would have
any effect on how violent a tailplane stall might be.

bumper