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Old March 15th 09, 05:30 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Bob Cook[_2_]
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Default motorgliders as towplanes

Stall is a factor angle of attack, not airspeed.

You could say that your MINIMUM possible stall speed is under 40 knots,
but you could easily stall at higher speeds IF you get the angle of attack
high enough. Just pull back on the stick harder!

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At 04:07 15 March 2009, Mike the Strike wrote:
My free-flight stall speed is below 40 knots. Gurus please explain.