Chyeranovskii BICh-16

BiCh-16
Role Man-powered Ornithopter
National origin Soviet Union
Designer Boris Ivanovich Cheranovsky
First flight 1934
Number built 1


The Chyeranovskii BICh-16 (or sometimes Cheranovsky BICh-16) is an experimental Soviet man-powered ornithopter designed and built by Boris Ivanovich Cheranovsky.[1] The BiCH-16 was a wooden construction tailless design with a braced skid landing gear and the wings moved by pedals.[1] It was first flown by R.A. Pischuchev as a glider after launch by cable but it was unstable and re-built a number of times before being abandoned in 1938.[2]


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  1. 1 2 Orbis 1985, p. 1138
  2. Nemecek 1986, p. 366

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