Moskalyev SAM-9 Strela
SAM-9 | |
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Role | |
National origin | USSR
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Manufacturer | GAZ-18, Voronezh |
Designer | Aleksandr Sergeyevitch Moskalyev |
First flight | early 1937 |
Number built | 1 |
The Moskalyev SAM-9 Strela (Arrow) was a one-off,
Design and development
As early as 1933, Aleksandr Moskalyev was designing a rocket-powered, tailless aircraft with a highly-swept short-span curved delta wing with wingtip fins and rudders, able to fly faster than sound. Because no sufficiently powerful engines were available at the time, the Moskalyev SAM-4 Sigma was never built but it led to two interim types, the SAM-7 Sigma and SAM-9 Strela.[1]
The tailless Strela was built to test the behaviour of the SAM-4's radically new wing plan using a highly swept delta with moderately convex leading and trailing edges.
Set at
It was first flown, at Voronezh, in early 1937 by A.N.Rybo. A.N.Gusarov and A.P.Chernavskii explored its characteristics over the next few months, finding it controllable but demanding. The high landing angle of attack (around 20°) typical of delta wing aircraft was not yet familiar but worrying. In mid-1937 development of the SAM-9 was ended.[1]
Specifications
Data from Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875-1995[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Length: 6.15 m (20 ft 2 in)
- Wingspan: 3.55 m (11 ft 8 in)
- Wing area: 13.0 m2 (140 sq ft)
- Aspect ratio: 0.975
- Airfoil: modified RAF 38
- Empty weight: 470 kg (1,036 lb)
- Gross weight: 630 kg (1,389 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Voronezh MV-6inverted 6-cylinder inline, 200 kW (270 hp) (licence-built Renault 6P)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 310 km/h (190 mph, 170 kn) maximum achieved at sea level
- Service ceiling: 1,500 m (4,900 ft) maximum achieved
- Take-off run: 200 m (660 ft)
- Landing run 100 m (330 ft)
- Landing speed: 102 km/h (63 mph; 55 kn)
References
- ^ ISBN 1-85532-405-9.