I don't have a dog in this fight, but that is the way I also understand the stall. Angle of attack is the angle of the chord relative to the wind, not a horizontal line. So if the plane is descending in still air, the angle of attack will be greater than the attitude of the wing chord.
. List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 20:23:23 -0500 From: "Mark" <markweg...@charter.net> Subject: RE: KR> Re: Tri gear tail first on runway. To: "'KRnet'" <kr...@mylist.net>, <virg...@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAO205MNo/N5Np05bwxI1uAHCgAAAEAAAAF7SZGUytOJCv8NeRl5kq68BAAAAAA==@charter.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" The angle of attack is dependent on the 'relative wind' and has nothing to do with the wing chord reference to speed, attitude of the aircraft/airframe or anything else other than the relationship of the aerodynamic chord of the wing relative to the "relative wind". There are a number of publications, including FAA stuff, that explain the concepts (I bet Mark L can chime in here too) :) Mark W. N952MW
