The latest issue of Kitplanes (August 2004) has a "Wind Tunnel" article by 
Barnaby Wainfan that explains the importance of angles in aircraft design 
and flight performance. It talks about stall indirectly, but mentions 
directly the reason why a number of the faster O-200 powered KR2s fly nose 
low, why this is not beneficial, and the fix.

>RE: Angle of attack is the relative wind (not the path of the airplane
>through the air)
>
>  Thanks, Larry, now I understand what made that work that way.

Larry Severson
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
(714) 968-9852
lar...@socal.rr.com 


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