On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 02:17:48 GMT, Dave S
wrote:

Art..

With all due respect.. you really need to go and review the section on
angle of attack and accelerated stalls.. I've been able to intentionally
stall a light (ASEL) aircraft in smooth air at Va.. its called a steep
turn with extra back pressure. It has nothing to do with "tailwind
gusts".. it has EVERYTHING to do with angle of attack.


It ends up being a bit slower than Va, but I practice steep turns at
60 degree bank with the stall warning horn blowing. Then add a bit of
extra pull to get the beak.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Dave

ArtP wrote:
On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 01:29:05 GMT, Robert Moore
wrote:



And I thought that every private pilot was taught that an airplane
can be stalled at any airspeed and any attitude. I assure you that I,
or a gust of sufficient value can stall your SR20 at 120 kts.


By my calculations, if I am flying in cruise it would take a tail wind
gust of 56 knots to stall me. I suspect that would fall in the
category of sever turbulence and I don't think there is any airspeed
that would be safe under those conditions in a single engine normal
category aircraft. In any case a stall at cruise altitude should not
be a problem but parts (like the engine or the wings) falling off the
aircraft would be.