BICH-9 “Dwarf” is a record glider of B. I. Cheranovsky design. It was built in 1929 in Moscow .
| BEACH 9 "Gnome" | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type of | Record glider |
| Chief Designer | Cheranovsky, Boris Ivanovich |
| First flight | 1929 |
| Units produced | one |
Content
Flights
BICH-9 “Dwarf” was presented at the VI All-Union Gliding Competition , where it turned out to be the smallest glider of all the participants. Pilot V.A. Stepanchonok completed three flights on a glider with a total duration of 17 minutes. But “Gnome” was not allowed to take further record flights due to not quite correct alignment and insufficient ailerons .
Construction
High wing monoplane . The front edge of the wing had the shape of a parabola , and the rear was straight. The rudders of direction and height also had the shape of a parabola. For landing used ski with air shock absorber .
Specifications
- Crew : 1 person
- Length : 5.5 m
- Wing Span: 12.0 m
- Height : 4 m
- Wing area: 32.0 m²
- Wing Profile :
- Weight empty: 105 kg
- Normal take-off weight: 175 kg
- Wing load: 17.8 kg / m²
Literature
- Gliders of the USSR., A.P. Krasilshchikov, Moscow, Mechanical Engineering 1991
See also
- Glider
- Gliding