How does landing gear affect stall speed?

The landing gear being down doesn’t necessarily change the stall speed but it does add drag. What is of interest is the stalling speed in the landing configuration, That’s why that speed appears in the operating handbook for the airplane. There are two reasons the stall speed is lower with the flaps down.

How does wing loading affect stall speed?

Effect on performance. Wing loading is a useful measure of the stalling speed of an aircraft. Wings generate lift owing to the motion of air around the wing. Larger wings move more air, so an aircraft with a large wing area relative to its mass (i.e., low wing loading) will have a lower stalling speed.

What affects stall speed?

Factors such as total weight, load factor, power, and center of gravity location affect stall speed—sometimes significantly. Stall speed increases as weight increases, since wings need to fly at a higher angle of attack to generate enough lift for a given airspeed.

Who has the best plane in WW2?

These Were The 10 Best Planes Of WW2

• 6 Focke-Wulf FW-190 – Best Fighter.
• 5 Boeing B29 Superfortress – Best Long-Range Bomber.
• 4 Supermarine Spitfire – Best British Fighter.
• 3 Avro Lancaster – Best Heavy Bomber.
• 2 North American P51 Mustang – Best Allied Fighter.
• 1 De Havilland Mosquito – Ultimate Multi-Role Aircraft.

Why was the F4U-1 Corsair so difficult to get into service?

The U.S. Navy received its first production F4U-1 on 31 July 1942, but getting it into service proved difficult. The framed “birdcage” style canopy provided inadequate visibility for deck taxiing, and the long “hose nose” and nose-up attitude of the Corsair made it difficult to see straight ahead.

How hard is it to land a F4U on a carrier deck?

Landing on a carrier deck required the pilot to have the plane at stall speed just as the tail-hook snagged the deck wire, but this was made very difficult by the wicked stall characteristics of the F4U. Just as stall speed was reached, the left wing tended to drop like a rock.

Why didn’t the Corsair land on a straight deck carrier?

It was said on a straight deck carrier there were only two kinds of landings; a “trap” and a catastrophe! As the Corsair was thought by the Navy to be unsuitable for carrier duty, it was given to the US Marines for land-based operations where it earned an outstanding combat record.

What was the biggest problem with the Corsair?

The biggest problem was the long nose. It stuck out 14 feet (4.27 m) in front of the pilot, and when the Corsair was sitting in take-off position, the nose pointed up at an angle sufficient to block forward vision to about 12º above the horizon.

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