whip·stall (hw p stôl , wp-)n. A usually intentional stall in which a small aircraft enters a vertical climb, pauses, slips backward momentarily, then drops nose downward. |
whipstall [ˈwɪpˌstɔːl]
n
(Engineering / Aeronautics) a stall in which an aircraft goes into a nearly vertical climb, pauses, slips backwards momentarily, and drops suddenly with its nose down
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