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Moskalyev SAM-9 Strela

Moskalyev SAM-9 Strela is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Moskalyev SAM-9 Strela rather than just read about it. In short: The Moskalyev SAM-9 Strela (Arrow) was a one-off, Soviet, 1930s experimental tailless aircraft designed to test the characteristics of a leaf-shaped low-aspect-ratio delta wing. 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.

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The Moskalyev SAM-9 Strela (Arrow) was a one-off, Soviet, 1930s experimental tailless aircraft designed to test the characteristics of a leaf-shaped low-aspect-ratio delta wing.

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. 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 shoulder height, the wing root ran from ahead of the engine to the extreme tail and was fitted with broad-chord elevons equipped with trim tabs. It had the unusually low aspect ratio of 0.925. Like the rest of the Strela, the wing structure was wood. Control surfaces were fabric covered but the rest of the Strela's skin was plywood. Moskalyev had intended to use a 570 kW (760 hp) Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine, but only a 200 kW (270 hp) Renault 6P was available. The Strela's enclosed cockpit was at about mid-chord with a fairing behind it reaching the large, triangular fin with a narrow chord rudder equipped with a trim tab. The Strela had a fixed conventional undercarriage, with cantilever faired legs based on those of the Moskalyev SAM-5 and a sprung tailskid. 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.

Specifications Data from Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875-1995General 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-6 inverted 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)

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Moskalyev SAM-9 Strela

In research: Moskalyev SAM-9 Strela appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Moskalyev SAM-9 Strela in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Moskalyev SAM-9 Strela is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1930s Soviet experimental aircraft, Aircraft first flown in 1937, Aircraft with fixed conventional landing gear, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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The Moskalyev SAM-9 Strela (Arrow) was a one-off, Soviet, 1930s experimental tailless aircraft designed to test the characteristics of a leaf-shaped low-aspect-ratio delta wing. Design and development As early as 1933, Aleksandr Moskalyev was designing a rocket-powered, tailless aircraft with a hig…

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