Originally Posted by
joepilot
Referring only to the first sentence above: While it is true that, all else being equal, an aircraft with a thin wing will have a higher stall speed than an aircraft with a highly cambered wing, the thin wing will have a much higher stalling angle of attack.
For a good reference read "Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators", available for free online reading. Just google the title, and click on the "NAVAIR 00-80T-80" at the FAA.GOV site. Note: This is not an elementary text, and it requires some skull sweat to get thru.
Joe
Yes! (First para).
They gave us Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators to us as AIR FORCE student pilots!! A superb book. No longer handed out at UPT....mine is a treasured copy.