Chyeranovskii BICh-26
Daryl
either NO or hardly any German influence on this one. This was
strickly a Soviet Brew. And engines by Britain (copies).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chyeranovskii_BICh-26
The BICh-26 was a tail-less jet fighter designed in the USSR from
1947.
After WWII was finished Chyeranovskii was running a de facto OKB
working on jet fighter aircraft. Not only was Chteranovskii
involved with jet propulsion he also studied variable geometry
with the BICh-24 and BICh-25 which were designed with variable
sweep wings pivoting outboard of the fuselage to help alleviate
centre of pressure changes. Also envisaged was a stressed skin
light alloy tailless jet fighter with powered flying controls and
pressurised cockpit designated BICh-26. Chyeranovskii's failing
health from 1948 prevented further progress on these projects.
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Daryl
> This one would have sent the world on it's ears. There was either
> NO or hardly any German influence on this one. This was strickly
> a Soviet Brew. And engines by Britain (copies).
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chyeranovskii_BICh-26
>
> The BICh-26 was a tail-less jet fighter designed in the USSR from
> 1947.
> After WWII was finished Chyeranovskii was running a de facto OKB
> working on jet fighter aircraft. Not only was Chteranovskii
> involved with jet propulsion he also studied variable geometry
> with the BICh-24 and BICh-25 which were designed with variable
> sweep wings pivoting outboard of the fuselage to help alleviate
> centre of pressure changes. Also envisaged was a stressed skin
> light alloy tailless jet fighter with powered flying controls and
> pressurised cockpit designated BICh-26. Chyeranovskii's failing
> health from 1948 prevented further progress on these projects.
More info.
http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/misc/ram/bich-26.html
D
esigner's efforts on BICh-24 and BICh-25 resulted in futuristic
BICh-26 design (November 1947 - June 1948). B.I.Cheranovskij had
his own OKB.
BICh-26 was a very slick flying wing of low aspect ration
and compound sweep of both leading and trailing edges. Elevones
and ailerons consumed 11% of the wing area. Obviously, this
aircraft could be easily fitted with radar, thick wing roots
provided enough room for capacious fuel tanks and enough strength
for substantial weapon load.
Blueprints were ready, essential parts and full-size mock-up
were under construction when the project was cancelled. One of
the possible reasons is slow and bumpy development of the RD-5
(later AM-5) engine.
