I found a plane hidden in a Barn. Kitfox 4 I bought it CHEAP !! its ready to fly, just minor engine repair. I don't even fly, but its been my dream as a child. This plane just fell in to my lap !! I will for sure have a AOA on it. LOW And SLOW.
speed is no real guidance to stall avoidance. speed only helps you figure out, if you have energy for the next manoeuvre and will probably not bust critical AOA. i have always found it ridiculous to paint a line on an airspeed indicator and go off that arbitrary number, which is only accurate under a specific set of conditions. when flying gliders off the winch we had to account for the added pull from the winch cable which would add gees to the wing, increasing AOA without you feeling it. trouble is, the faster you flew, the more cable you "wasted", so the incentive was to climb as steeply as safely possible. with an AOA indicator this would have been achievable in a much safer fashion.
‘I don’t worry about airspeed .. I worry about lift’ he said .. but if you don’t have enough airspeed you ain’t gonna have no lift despite your AOA .. maybe I’m not hearing him right 🤔
I don't think anyone would say that. All wings stall at the same Critical AOA, but they can stall at different airspeeds based on pitch, bank, etc. Gotta fly a mix of airspeed and AOA to know truly how close you are to the stall in slow and dirty configurations and even during takeoff. AOA tool is just another piece of the safety chain to help prevent stall-related accidents and to give the pilot more situational awareness on their speed and power curve position when coming into land.
@@ryanryessir yes! AOA is the ONLY indicator for a stall. the only thing changing the AOA at which a specific wing will stall is, perhaps power setting (propwash over the wing) and wing configuration (flaps, slats, maybe gear, if there are funky aerodynamics involved). the speed at which a certain (fixed) AOA will equate the aircraft's own weight is dependent only on aircraft mass. the actual stall speed thus also varies with mass (in addition to bank that you already mention).
Since the FAA is all about safety it would make sense if them smart idiots would have made it mandatory for every airplane personal and commercial to have an Angle of Attack Indicator.
