Thread: Power Curves?
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Old 08-16-2007, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by cl601pilot View Post
In addition it doesnt matter how much excess power you have once you exceed the criticle angle of attack you are stalled.
Entirely NOT true. Some airplanes, a la' seriously overpowered aerobatic airplanes and some fighters can hover...and recover in the vertical. How critically stalled is your wing when it's stopped in flight

If you have enough power, you can maintain a 0 degree AOA while climbing straight up and continuing to accelerate...perfect example...a rocket...or an F-15..or anything else with a positive thrust to weight ratio.

There are several ways one can decrease AOA of the wing, accelerate without climbing, lower the nose and let gravity help, or have so much power gravity doesn't matter, no matter how stalled your wing is.


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Last edited by wickedsprint; 08-16-2007 at 11:12 PM.
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