plane: challenger 350
hey! Can someone tell me what (stall pusher) & roll spoilers are? Just curious, and trying to learn more about smaller jets.
The stall pusher is a failsafe aircraft have to pitch the nose down break a stall when the angle of attack gets dangerously high
Roll spoilers are used to help planes bank in flight easier
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When flying a T tail aircraft like the Challenger, it is extremely dangerous if you stall the airplane. The horizontal stabilizer and elevators are at the top of the vertical stabilizer, which means if you enter a stall, the turbulent airflow over the wings will flow backwards over the elevator and make it almost impossible to recover from the stall. Because of this, T-tail aircraft have stick pushers which prevent the aircraft from stalling. When the flight computer detects the aircraft is getting close to the critical angle of attack, it automatically pushes the nose forward to prevent the stall.
Spoilers are the control surfaces on top of the wings which deploy on landing to break airflow over the wings. The Challenger has roll spoilers, meaning the spoilers also raise in flight to help the aircraft turn.
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Thanks bro!
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Thank u for the detailed explanation!