Awesome AN-2 VIDEO!

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"The An-2 has no stall speed quoted in the operating handbooks (the stall speed being the speed at which the aircraft is travelling too slowly for the airflow over the wings to keep it aloft). Pilots of the An-2 say the aircraft can be flown in full control at 30 mph (as a contrast, a modern Cessna 4-seater light aircraft has a stall speed of around 55 mph). This slow stall speed makes it possible for the aircraft to fly backwards (if the aircraft is pointed into a headwind of, say, 35 mph, it will travel backwards at 5 mph whilst under full control)."

Check this out!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUnwAubs_70

"If the engine quits in instrument conditions (blind flying when you can't see the ground) or at night, the pilot should pull the control column full aft (it won't stall) and keep the wings level. The leading-edge slats will snap out at about 40 mph (64 km/h), and when the airplane slows to a forward speed of about 25 mph [40 km/h], the airplane will sink at about a parachute descent rate until the aircraft hits the ground."

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I have started skydiving from an An-2.

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Check this out!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUnwAubs_70

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what's an An-2 ??

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I have started skydiving from an An-2.

Hell, you could rappel from an AN-2...

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I have seen this in person over Markham Ontario. Also done some jumps from the AN2 in Nova Scotia, fun plane, wish I could get out on the wings .

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[jm951 0]

So does this mean that if the AN2 can get off the runway with virtually no perceptible forward motion, then the winds are too high to jump?

[monkycndo 0]

Seeing that vid reminded me of my dad's old plane. It was an Emigh Trojan A-2. IIRC, the sucker had a stall speed of 26kts. He would compete in short field landing competitions at airshows. If there was enough wind coming right down the runway, he could set that thing almost straight down. He always wanted to try and land with a crosswind so he could say, "Man this is a short runway, but look how wide it is." It was a unique bird in that the ribs were on the exterior of the wing, the tricycle landing gear could be swapped into any location, and the wings were held on by 54 bolts, each. The sucker was built for stout. Only 58 were made and Dad's was the first, N8301H.

If you see one at an airshow, it will be easy to find who owns it. They will be the ones wearing a t-shirt that says "I came in a Trojan."

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A stall occurs not because the air is traveling to slowly over the wings. It occurs because the AoA needed to fly at that speed is too high for the air to flow smoothly.

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