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To: taildragger

That’s what I was told. Essentially the laminar flow airfoil doesn’t stall so much as it ceases to be an airfoil. Not much of a problem when both wings lose it at the same time, but a severe problem if one stalls before the other.


86 posted on 01/09/2017 3:09:22 PM PST by chb
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To: chb
Yes, I heard you have to keep speed up on final period. FWIW I totally forgot some of the Naca 60 Series airfoils have something known as hysteresis which is when the wing stalls the airfoil wants to pitch in a very scary fashion. Some of the 60 Series Airfoils are fine, go figure, like the 64415 used in the Piper Cherokee's
87 posted on 01/09/2017 3:41:07 PM PST by taildragger (Do you hear the people singing? The Song of Angry Men!....)
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