David Megginson writes:

> Norman Vine writes:
> 
>  > Easiest way I know of to learn about airfoil stall is to stick a bunch
>  > of yarns into an iceboat sail and go for a ride :-)
> 
> That's a lot of work, when you can just go flying in light snow and
> watch the flakes around the wings.  I haven't tried that yet, though.

Believe me, being fixed at one end the yarns tell a *much* better story,
and at speed,  the iceboats sail is operating at a comparable angle of 
attack of a small plane :-)

Cheers

Norman



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