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> nobody should be flying an airplane like this so close to the edge the exact stall speed needs to be known numerically within one knot

Citabria's are often flown in aerobatics (Citabria backwards is airbatic and for a while, they were the only aerobatic aircraft being commercially manufactured in the US) and a lot of aerobatic maneuvers involve stalling the wing.



Yes, but anyone doing aerobatics so close to the ground that they can't recover from a stall is understood to be doing that at their own risk.

Anyone doing the above with unfavorable wind has a death wish.


You don't really look at the airspeed indicator for that, you feel the stall in the reversible controls. That feel is incredibly precise.




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