2 ms·
(asking here because your other reply is nested too deeply) > The margin between stall and overspeed is something like 20 knots at that altitude. Whaaa? I tho
by Florin_Andrei 15y ago
(asking here because your other reply is nested too deeply)
> The margin between stall and overspeed is something like 20 knots at that altitude.
Whaaa? I thought aircraft have a much wider margin.
How does it change with altitude?
If the margin is so low, then wouldn't a sudden wind gust simply knock the plane off the sky?
- jrockway 15y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffin_corner_%28aviation%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffin_corner_%28aviation%29 (Perhaps a better explanation than the article: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:CoffinCorner.png http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:CoffinCorner.png) And to answer your question about wind gusts: yes. That is why you don't fly into thunderstorms.