The lowest airspeed (stall speed) for most fixed-wing aircraft is primarily determined by its wing loading and the wing's maximum lift coefficient. Claims of extremely low or "no" stall speeds, often ...

A normalized lift coefficient indicator has been developed for single-engine aircraft. The system developed incorporates a low-cost capacitance type pressure transducer and an electronic circuit to ...

“I always use flaps for climb. I get more lift that way.” Some would call this statement perfectly logical, because flaps do increase lift and increased lift certainly ought to make an airplane climb ...

Calling the AC72 the most technologically advanced sailboat is not hyperbole. Upwind, on their slowest point of sail, the 72-foot catamarans can hit 25 knots, speeds well above the outright ...

Staying aloft when hovering and flying slowly is demanding. According to quasi--steady-state aerodynamic theory, slow-flying vertebrates should not be able to generate enough lift to remain aloft.