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Old 03-31-2010, 10:59 PM
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shdw
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Originally Posted by 9kbud
a tail stall occurs when the eddy produced by the ice on the tail moves far enough aft to interact with the elevator thus producing a control buffet.
This makes it sound as though a tail can only stall from icing. I just wanted it to be known that that icing isn't the only way a tail stall can occur.

Originally Posted by snippercr View Post
Is this the correct logic?
No. You basically said a tail stall is an excessive wing stall. However, the horizontal stabilizer is a wing, mounted inverted. Knowing the tail is an inverted wing we can assume a stall on this inverted wing to require inverted control inputs from an upright (main) wing stall.
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