Chizhevski BOK-5


The BOK-5 was a tail-less research aircraft designed and built in the USSR from.

Development

The dural and fabric BOK-5 was a single-engined tail-less monoplane used to develop trailing edge controls for tail-less aircraft. The aircraft had a low aspect ratio moderately tapered wing with the fixed tail-wheel undercarriage, single M-11 engine, pilots cockpit all accommodated by the central nacelle which faired into an integral fin, with rudder, at the rear. The trailing edges were each divided into three with elevators inboard, flaps in the middle and ailerons outboard, with all controls inter-connected as required for the test being carried out. Flight trials were carried out by Stefanovskii and Nyukhtikov from the summer of 1937.

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