P51D left wing stall characteristics. (4 Viewers)

[andy1967]

After watching a YouTube video explaining how in certain conditions the left wing of a P51 could stall.I would be grateful if anyone has any knowledge if this was unique to the P51 or were all Laminor type wing profiles affected on single engined planes.The youtuber makes clear that using the aileron on the left wing causes the stall. I,m assuming an experienced pilot would have other means of correcting the left wing drop.I apologise for only using a screen shot of the video and not a link I have know idea how to add a YouTube video any suggestions would be welcome.

 

[Engineman]

Hi,
I think your post is mixing several points.
First, the sad fatal accident that you post a reference to is AFAIK not yet finally attributed.
Secondly, there are other reports about that accident that are more detailed and list different features of the accident flight, but note the above comment.
Thirdly, you can research stall theory easily.
Finally, I expect some P-51 expert might help you with P-51 details, but generally, note that there are huge differences between different aircraft and their behaviour at
the stall and there are vastly different stall conditions.

Cheers

Eng

 

[andy1967]

Hi,
I think your post is mixing several points.
First, the sad fatal accident that you post a reference to is AFAIK not yet finally attributed.
Secondly, there are other reports about that accident that are more detailed and list different features of the accident flight, but note the above comment.
Thirdly, you can research stall theory easily.
Finally, I expect some P-51 expert might help you with P-51 details, but generally, note that there are huge differences between different aircraft and their behaviour at
the stall and there are vastly different stall conditions.

Cheers

Eng

Yes you are right about the sad incident not being concluded. It's my fault for not being able to link the video.The youtuber is just giving an example of what can happen.He talks about at high angles of attack and high power the rotation of the propeller causes a spiralling slipstream that effects the left wing different to the decending spiralling slipstream on the right wing.I just wondered if this was unique to the laminor wing design .I,m sorry for any confusion and I will try to be clearer in the future. Regards Andy.

 

[Sisu]

high angles of attack and high power

As noted every airplane is different. In general one does NOT run a high powered aircraft at " high angles of attack and high power" because this mode of operation kills pilots and destroys airplanes. The issue is less wing design and more having a half ton of propeller under power tryinng to twist the airplane and turn it upside down. Low speed stall spin accidents have always been a major killer of amateurs in Mustangs. Any Mustang driver will tell you that speed is life -- you never want to get slow in a P-51 except when on the ground or high in the air. I'm told that it can often take 5000 feet to recover from an accelerated stall in a P-51. This can be a real problem if you are maneuvering at 2000 feet AGL....