WingFlaps wrote in
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On Apr 26, 11:23*am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
WingFlaps wrote in
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I watched the terrible carsh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaimogfse9c

I was wondering, after he got on the backside of the power curve
and committed to flight, could he have recovered it by putting out
more flaps?

doubt it. reducing the Aoa slightly might have gotten him out of it
if he used a very deft touch doing it and he did it shortly after
getting airborne, but it's hard to tell if he ever had a chance
without more data.



My thinking was that by putting out more flaps he would immediately go
up the backside of the curve and increase ground effect too. Then he
might have been able to drop the nose a bit and accelerate? Whether
this would have worked is, of course, moot, but I was thinking would
this be a viable option or would it make everything worse?

Well, increasing flap always increases drag and never really improves
things. he already has some out but if he hadn't any out and added the
first notch it might have helped him a bit. Doubt it though.

Bertie