AIRPLANE WITH AERODYNAMIC STALL-PREVENTION LAYOUT AND PERTINENT LONGITUDINAL STABILITY ARRANGEMENT

摘要

General purpose airplane with a swept back wing provided with a sharp leading edge as to cause flow separation and stall of the wing in cases where the limits of the regular flight envelope are exceeded in terms of angle of attack, and as a result to cause the front part of the airplane to move downward, said airplane also having positive lift-producing horizontal stabilizer provided with rounded leading edge, which does not stall at this point, therefore holds the tail in level during the process, all together acting to restore the original flight attitude. The horizontal stabilizer is essentially a straight (or similar) wing with a steeper lift-coefficient curve as that of the swept-back wing, therefore, in case of an un-commanded pitch-up of the airplane the greater increase of lift on the horizontal stabilizer together with its greater moment arm provides the stabilizing force to counter such pitching.