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Lift and angle of attack
Change the angle of attack and the speed and see how the air flows around the wing, and when it lets go.
Lift and weight are equal: you fly level.
- Your CL
- 0.55
- CL needed to fly level at 80 kt
- 0.54
- Lift
- 1.02 × your weight
- Twice as fast, same angle
- 4.07 × your weight
Example wing of a training aircraft: critical angle 16.0°, stall speed 48 kt in level flight.