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deep stall

deep stall noun: an extremely dangerous type of aerodynamic stall (sudden loss of lift caused by airflow separation) where the angle of attack of a T-tailled aircraft becomes so high that the horizontal stabilizer and elevators are blanketed by the turbulent wake of the main wings, rendering the stabilizer and elevators ineffective and often preventing recovery from the stall.

Noun

deep stall (plural deep stalls)

  1. An extremely dangerous type of aerodynamic stall (sudden loss of lift caused by airflow separation) where the angle of attack of a T-tailled aircraft becomes so high that the horizontal stabilizer and elevators are blanketed by the turbulent wake of the main wings, rendering the stabilizer and elevators ineffective and often preventing recovery from the stall.
    • And even though my father had learned from past experience to watch this particular FAA pilot closely because of his tendency to pull back too far on the control column, Dad said he was still taken by surprise when the guy abruptly pulled back so hard that the 727 entered an extreme angle of...2014 May, Rebecca Wallick, “Seventeen Seconds in the Life of a Boeing Experimental Test Pilot”, in Seattle Magazine, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2021

Forms of deep stall

pluraldeep stalls

Questions about deep stall

What does deep stall mean?
Deep stall means an extremely dangerous type of aerodynamic stall (sudden loss of lift caused by airflow separation) where the angle of attack of a T-tailled aircraft becomes so high that the horizontal stabilizer and elevators are blanketed by the turbulent wake of the main wings, rendering the stabilizer and elevators ineffective and often preventing recovery from the stall.
What part of speech is deep stall?
Deep stall is a noun.
What is the plural of deep stall?
The plural of deep stall is deep stalls.

Words near deep stall in the dictionary

  1. deep squatted
  2. deep squatting
  3. deep stack
  4. deep stacked
  5. deep stacks
  6. deep stall
  7. deep stalls
  8. deep state
  9. deep stater
  10. deep staters
  11. deep states

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