NEW AERODYNAMIC TEST VEHICLE NOVOSIBIRSK SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF AVIATION SIBNIA, USSR(SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Publication Date: September 17, 1982
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NEW AERODYNAMIC TEST VEHICLE
NOVOSIBIRSK SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF A AT ON SIBNIA,.USSR
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: AN AERODYNAMIC TEST VEHICLE (NPIC
INTERIM DES GNATOR SIB-A) AT NOVOSIBIRSK SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE
OF AVIATION SIBNIA IS SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO A VEHICLE USED BY
THE UNITED STATES TO TEST ADVANCED FIGHTER AERODYNAMICS
TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: THIS AERODYNAMIC TEST VEHICLE (SIB-A), WAS
(SWN) THE VEHICLE HAS A 17-METER FUSELAGE AND LARGE TANDEM
CONTROL/LIFTING SURFACES ARRANGED IN A CANARD CONFIGURATION.
THE LARGE DELTA-SHAPED FOREPLANES,MID-TO-HIGH MOUNTED ON THE
FORWARD HALF OF THE FUSELAGE, AND THE LARGE DELTA/SWEPT WINGS,
LOW-MOUNTED ON THE AFT FUSELAGE. THE VEHICLE HAS A VERTICAL
STABILIZER MOUNTED MID-SPAN ON THE AFT PORTION OF EACH MAIN
WING.
(SWN) *THE FOLLOWING IS A TABLE OF MENSURAL DATA ON TIIE SIB-A.
FUSELAGE LENGTH
FUSELAGE DIAMETER
FOREPLANE SPAN
FOREPLANE ROOT CHORD
FOREPLANE TIP HEIGHT
MAIN WING SPAN (PARTIALLY OBSCURED)
MAIN WING ROOT CI-IORD
MAIN WING HEIGHT (LEADING EDGE)
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VERTICAL STABILIZER LENGTH (AT BASE)
SPACING BETWEEN-STABILIZERS
17.0
UNDETERMINED
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(SWN) THE DESIGN OF THE SIB-A IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL/NASA/USAF HIGHLY MANEUVERABLE AIRCRAFT
TECHNOLOGY (HIMAT) RESEARCH VEHICLE. THE HIMAT IS A REMOTELY
FIGHTER
PILOTED RESEARCH VEHICLE DESIGNED TO TEST ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY; HOWEVER, IT IS NOT A FULL-SCALE MODEL AND IS ONLY
(SWN) SIBNIA IS A PRIMARY SOVIET INSTITUTE FOR AVIATION
RESEARCH AND PROBABLY PERFORMS SOME OF THE SAME FUNCTIONS AS
THOSE OF THE RAMENSKOYE CENTRAL AEROHYDRODYNAMIC INSTITUTE OF
THE SOVIET AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY (TSAGI) SIBNIA,
HOWEVER, HAS BEEN MORE CONCERNED WITH APPLIED RESEARCH AND HAS
SUPPORTED DESIGN REFINEMENT ON EXISTING AIRFRAMES. EXTENSIVE
STRESS AND FATIGUE TESTING OF AIRFRAMES IS DONE HERE. WHILE
VARIOUS FIGHTER, BOMBER, TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT, AND COMPONENTS
HAVE BEEN SEEN AT THE INSTITUTE, THIS IS THE FIRST OBSERVATION
OF A PROTOTYPE TEST VEHICLE.
3. (S) COORDINATES 55-04-08N 082-59-46E
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