I will literally Venmo you $10 if you can clearly and concisely explain CRMALOFT.

Lindberg said:
What is "total AOA"?
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Oh, just some dumb term I made up to account for the AoA of the wing and flap combined. ;)

nauga said:
In another thread we're talking about how understanding lift and drag can help spot BS. The "forward vertical sweep means more effective rudder" is largely BS. In fact, forward sweep tends to increase vertical tail blanking by the wing, fuse, and horizontal stab as AOA increases. Think about the blockage at very high AOA, like a spin, compared to an aft-swept tail.
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I must not be visualizing this correctly then. It would seem at high AoA that the forward sweep is more perpendicular to the relative wind. I can see it being the the same as an aft swept tail, but I don't see how an aft-swept tail would be better. :dunno:
 
Lindberg said:
Do you mean camber?
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No. Camber's angle to relative wind, maybe.

Basically, I meant that when you extend flaps, your pitch goes down but, at least as I was taught, AoA remains the same (all else being equal of course).

That said, I never much cared for that explanation, because to me the wing sans the flaps is decreasing its AoA, while the flaps are increasing theirs.
 
Princesspilot206 said:
My instructor is about as useful as a sack of rocks. I understand the concepts, but I need some guidance on how to best articulate how each of these factors affects Vmc and Performance. If you could help me out I would appreciate it! My stage check is Monday.
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Do you know if your instructor is still teaching at USAA?
 
szwinger said:
Well, I could have done the same with about 25 google searches and then filtered out the nonsensical, the click bait and porn, but I'm lazy and Grok was easier. Especially considering I don't really care what the answer is. I was befuddled by a seemingly random undefined set of characters. YMMV. BWTHDIK. IYKYK. It helps to RTFM ICYDAK.

And, there are times that the random collection of web pages Grok uses for its "knowledge" is flat out wrong.

I was mainly trying to cite my source of information rather than assigning some god-like credibility to AI.
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Lazy pilots are the best kind.
 
.Wild guess.
Criminal aloft ? .;)
 
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