This has got me scratching my head because I must be missing something. If you put your wing tip under the wingtip of the V1, you’re introducing a low pressure area (above your wing) into what was a high pressure area (below the V1 wing). Doesn’t the bomb wingtip drop and veer into your plane?

There’s more to this than meets the eye.

Richard

I believe it may be because there is a high pressure area above the wing too . Its not as high pressure , but is generated just behind the leading edge , before the pressure reduces to form lift ( think of it as the leading edge slamming into the oncomming air , its going to form a little high pressure wave on the top too ) . Ever seem a “cloud “form on top of a wing on a humid day – it doesnt start till about a quarter across the wing , where the lowest pressure is .
I think if you were to approach a V1 from behind , this high pressure might be enough to destabilise it ( but if you were too far forward I would think you would be correct , they would suck together , not the end of the world , just a dented wing as you flip it manually )

Venting a little coolant doesn’t necessarily mean there is a problem; with older cars I always used to fill the cooling system and let the excess be ejected.

Same with racing dirt bikes , you just fill the radiator up , and let it blow off the excess ( it will only do it the once , till the level has gone down to a certain level ) . Road bikes ( and newer cars ) use an expansion tank which does ensure the radiator stays full at all times ( with some benifits ) , but mostly is just there to ensure antifreeze isnt dropped onto roads .
If the engine was allowed to get a little hotter than it ever has been since the radiator was last filled , then ejecting some coolant will be normal .

A stall is simply caused by the wing having too much angle of attack . It can be caused by trying to fly too slow , as would have been the case here , but can also be caused by miss useing the elevator control ( hauling the stick back really hard – known as a high speed stall ) . Sometimes pilots will induce a second stall , by pulling back too hard on the stick when recovering from a previous stall . So its not just about air speed ( but in most cases thats where people go wrong )