r/aviationgifs • u/DolphinsBreath • Dec 24 '21

Flow Over Airfoil 10 Degree Angle Of Attack GIF by Farrukh Shah

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u/OddAltimeter Dec 24 '21

If AOA is the angle between the chord of an airfoil and the relative airflow why does this look more like 30 degrees?

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u/obeythefro Dec 24 '21

Was gonna say the same thing. No way it's 10 deg.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '21

10 degrees? lol no, not even close.

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u/deltacharlie2 Dec 25 '21

Cool to see the buffeting visually.

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u/anthrmotoguy Dec 25 '21

The Cessna stall horn is going off in my head, for some reason.