Originally Posted by
8LatRB
Good points.
We 'stall' the airplane every day when we land. Speed is the key. There's a real sweet spot with the CRJ (the 200 more so than 700/900). If you're above ref you'll float down the runway. If you're less than 10 below ref, the airplane stops flying and you'll do a three point landing. There is not much of a margin between ref and stall, especially in strong gusty crosswinds.
Trust me... if you ever do a full stall landing in the CRJ, you'll know it. You aren't stalling the CRJ when you land- in fact, even 10 knots below ref, you probably have another 10 knots before you even get into the area where AOA becomes an issue. You might reduce lift to a point where it's no longer able to maintain a standard descent rate, but you aren't stalling.