reversal speed
reversal speed
[ri′vər·səl ‚spēd] (aerospace engineering)
The speed of an aircraft above which the aeroelastic loads will exceed the control surface loading of a given flight control system; the resultant load will act in the reverse direction from the control surface loading, causing the control system to act in a direction opposite to that desired.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
reversal speed
The lowest equivalent air speed at which a flight control reversal manifests itself.
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