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Old 12-21-2011, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ZaltysZ View Post
Static stall: 1G flight, your speed decreases, you increase AoA to compensate. Stall happens when critical AoA is reached.

Accelerated stall: same us above, but there must be >1G. In such condition, you need higher AoA than in 1G flight, because lift is countered not only by weight, but by sum of weight and centrifugal force.

Dynamic stall: you increase AoA past a critical value very quickly, vortex is created at leading edge, lift increases, then vortex detaches and you experience rapid loss of lift and sometimes even a high nose-down pitching.

I think, important things about dynamic stall is: amplitude and rate of AoA change, and increase of lift before the stall.
Thanks for the feedback Zaltys..

Looking at your definitions of Accelerated and Dynamic..

Your dynamic def reads just like the link I posted.. Except there is no mention of how the variations in stall are due to the variations atmosphere.. From the link I posted they point out how the stall can vary due to the variation in wind (atmosphere). Other than that the two defs are very interchangeable.

One other thing, you stated you 'need higher AoA than in 1G flight'.. IMHO you should re-word that to read 'during a constant altitude banked turn the AoA will have to be higher than it would be during level flight (1g) at the same speed'.. That example is a little easier for most to visualize. It is also important to note the critical AoA at which the stall occurs is the same for all three cases.
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