Why Does a Plane Stall
A stall, which you approach in a previous blog post on 'Slow Flying", is not a result of lack of flying speed. In steep turns your stall speed will approach one and a half times the normal stall speed of the airplane in normal straight flight.
It can, in a abrupt pull out from a steep dive, stall. You have to look at the angle of attack. When it is too great, which is greater than approximately eighteen degrees, the plane creates a condition where the guidance over the top of the wing ceases because of turbulence that contains very little down wash. In a situation where the angle of attack is too great the wing has a big increase in drag and experiences little lift forces.
A stall is the immediate failure of the air to take the downward curve of the upper surface of the wing. Turbulent flow creates a break in the smooth flow of air that is needed to push air downward to create lift.
The design of a wing is very important to make the flow of air over the top of a wing as smooth as possible. When the flow becomes turbulent, a stall happens.
A stall is the immediate failure of the air to take the downward curve of the upper surface of the wing. Turbulent flow creates a break in the smooth flow of air that is needed to push air downward to create lift.
The design of a wing is very important to make the flow of air over the top of a wing as smooth as possible. When the flow becomes turbulent, a stall happens.
