23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-P1

AN-70 STOL AIRCRAFT CHARACTERISTICS AT HIGH ANGLES OF ATTACK AND TAKEOFF AND LANDING CHARACTERISTICS

P. V. Balabuyev, O. K Bogdanov, V. A Kudryavtsev, V. P. Pustovoytov
ANTONOV Aeronautical Scientific/Technical Complex, Russian Federation

Keywords: angle of attack, takeoff, landing, stol

The article describes specific features of the aircraft aerodynamic configuration, some details concerning the automated primary flight control system operating algorithms to provide the aircraft protection against stall development are presented. It is shown that the aircraft attains the designed maximum lift coefficient, displays the favourable stall performance, the desired anti-stall protection and excellent takeoff and landing characteristics.

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