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> Cessna aircraft have a hinge line on the upper surface. As a result, turning the aileron down causes a sharp angle on the upper surface. The air is unable to
by ambicapter 3y ago
> Cessna aircraft have a hinge line on the upper surface. As a result, turning the aileron down causes a sharp angle on the upper surface. The air is unable to flow around such a sharp edge and stays attached. The result is a sudden right wing tip flow separation.
Should this say "The air is unable to flow around such a sharp edge and does not stay attached"?
- jiveturkey 3y agoI also caught this seeming error. It stood out especially since the rest of the article is so well written. I don't know anything about flying so I thought it was perhaps a lay misunderstanding on my part.
- rayiner 3y agoI think it’s just a typo and the author meant to write “doesn’t stay attached.” In a stall the flow detaches: https://youtu.be/3Ahtc-uePY4?si=CPvBpZwx2YbPLFb3 https://youtu.be/3Ahtc-uePY4?si=CPvBpZwx2YbPLFb3
- throwawayben 3y agoI think it's just the "s" that got added: "the air is unable to [...] stay attached"