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Old December 28th 04, 02:47 AM
Hilton
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Frankster wrote:
You will reach the same angle of attack at a steeper
pitch angle at higher airspeeds.


What?

Hilton


He's saying that, by definition, the AOA is the wing's angle to the
*relative* airflow. Pitch is relative only to the ground, and really has

no
bearing on this entire discussion.


Frank,

The sentence above read: "at a higher airspeed, the plane is likely to be
climbing, therefore the relative wind will be coming from above."

I don't understand the first part (higher speed and climbing?) and the
second part is wrong.

Hilton