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Purpose: Experimental high-speed aircraft. Design Bureau: OKB of Matus Ruvimovich Bisnovat, Moscow. In the mid-1930s Bisnovat was working in the newly formed OKO of VKTairov (pro- nounced tyrov), at Kiev. In 1938 he was per- mitted to organise his own team of design engineers in order to build and test the fastest aircraft possible, for research into wing pro- files, structures, flight controls and other problems. This was a time when aircraft tech- nology was making rapid progress. Initially his production base was the Central Work- shops of CAHI (TsAGI), but by 1939 this group was transferred to his own account. Contracts were signed for two aircraft des- ignated SK and SK-2. The former was to be the research aircraft, while the SK-2 was to have a conventional cockpit canopy and be capable of carrying armament and other mil- itary equipment. Surprisingly no documents appear to have been found recently giving de- tails of this programme. All we have is Shavrov's Vol.2 (published 1978 but written much earlier) which says the SK 'was com- pleted on skis in early 1939', and an article written in 1977 by Konstantin Kosminkov which says flight testing began 'at the start of 1940'. There is little doubt the latter date is correct. The first series of photographs, show- ing the aircraft on its wheeled landing gear, are dated '20/1 40' (Roman I, ie January). The SK did not fly in this form until later, and flight testing began on non-retractable skis. The first photographs on skis were taken on ' 17/II 40'. Flight testing of the SK-2 began on 10th November 1940, and was completed on 10th January 1941. The pilot assigned to the pro- gramme was Georgi Mikhailovich Shiyanov. The SK was a beautiful-looking low-wing monoplane of diminutive proportions (mak- ing the l,050hp M-105 engine occupy nearly half the fuselage), entirely of light-alloy stressed-skin construction except for the fab- ric-covered ailerons and rudder. The wing was of NACA 23014.5 (14.5% thick) aerofoil profile, with wide-chord Vlasov (slotted split) flaps inboard of the ailerons. Structurally the wing was based on a Spitfire-like box with a heavy leading edge extending back to the sin- gle main spar. The ribs were Duralumin pressings. The outer surface (apparently of the wing only) was covered with marquisette (a fine light fabric) and powdered cork, all held by nitrocellulose glue. When fully set the surface was 'polished to the brilliance of a mirror'. The small wing was made in one piece and designed so that it would be simple to fit dif- ferent wings to the fuselage. The latter had a cross-section of only 0.85m 2 (9.15ft 2 ), this being the minimum to fit round the engine. The pilot sat in a reclining seat in a cockpit whose canopy was flush with the upper sur- face. For take-off and landing the roof over the rear half of the canopy could be hinged up and the seat raised to give a forward view. Drag was further reduced by using an engine cooling system filled with water circulating at a gauge pressure of l.lkg/cm 2 (15.61b/in 2 ), which enabled the frontal area of the radiator to be only 0.17m 2 (1.8ft 2 ), half the normal size. The engine air inlet was underneath, ahead of the radiator, and the oil-cooler inlet on top. The propeller was a VISh-52 of 2.95m (9ft Sin) diameter, with three blades with constant- speed control. Other features included 100% mass balance on the elevators and rudder and, according to Kosminkov, a hydraulic sys- tem to operate the flaps, pilot seat, cockpit hood and the long-stroke (wheeled) landing gear, which retracted inwards into bays closed by multiple doors. The tailwheel was steerable and fully retractable. The standard of finish was high, and except for fabric areas the surface was polished, with the spinner, nose and a cheat-line painted red. In fact, in 1939 retractable skis had not yet been developed, and for this reason the SK was initially limited to a modest speed (see data). So far as is known the SK flew well, though Shavrov records that the SK-2 (and by 41 B l S N O V A T S K implication the SK) suffered from various de- fects which prevented it from being accepted as a fighter. Compared with the SK, the SK-2 differed most obviously in having a normal cockpit, with a fixed more upright seat and conven- tional canopy, which could be jettisoned, with a sliding window on the left. The engine installation was modified, with a reprofiled coolant radiator, engine air inlets in the wing roots and the oil cooler under the cowling. This left the area above the engine clear for a neat installation of two 12.7mm BS heavy ma- chine guns with their magazines (Kosminkov states there was a 7.62mm as well). The SK-2 airframe was slightly modified, notably by in- creasing the height of the fin and the span of the horizontal tail from 2.75m (9ft /4in) to 3.26m (10ft 8%in). This aircraft was painted overall, in a deep colour. In 1940 these aircraft were the fastest in the Soviet Union, and probably in the world. De- spite their 'hot' nature, and high wing loading, they appear to have been safe and attractive machines. However, with so many La, MiG and Yak fighters already in production, the SK-2 had little chance of being adopted as a fighter. Dimensions (SK) Span Length Wing area Weights Empty Loaded Performance Max speed (wheels) at sea level, at 5,250m (17,224 ft) (skis) at 5,500m (18,045 ft) Service ceiling Range about 7.3m 8.28m 9.57 nf 1,505kg 2,100kg 597km/h 710km/h 577km/h 10,450m 1,000km 23 ft m in 27 ft 2 in 103ft 2 3,318 Ib 4,630 Ib 371 mph 441 mph 358.5 mph 34,285 ft 621 miles SK 42 B l S N O V A T S K SK-2 Top left and right: Two views of SK-2 (on right, note split flaps). Opposite page: SK on skis and on wheels. Dimensions (SK-2) Span Length Wing area Weight Empty Loaded Performance Max speed at sea level at 5,500m (18,045 ft) Time to climb to 5,000 m service ceiling Take-off run Landing speed/ run 7.3m 8.285m 9.57m 2 1,850kg 2,300kg 585km/h 665km/h 4min 19 sees 10,300m 350m 168km/h 500m 23 ftllX in 27 ft 214 in 103ft 2 4,078 Ib 5,071 Ib 363.5 mph 413 mph (16,404ft) 33,793ft 1,148ft 104 mph 1,640ft 43 B O K - 1 , SS BOK-1, SS Purpose: To investigate high-altitude flight, and if possible set records. Design Bureau: The Byuro Osobykh Konstruktsii, the Bureau of Special Design, Smolensk. BOK was formed in 1930 in Moscow as a subsidiary of CAHI (TsAGI) to build experimental aircraft ordered by the Revolutionary Military Council. Despite starting on existing projects it made slow progress, and in September 1931 was transferred to the CCB (TsKB) as Brigade No 6. It had undergone other transformations, and been relocated at Smolensk, by the time work began on BOK- 1. Director and Chief Designer was Vladimir Antonovich Chizhevskii. One of the bureau's first assignments was to create an aircraft to explore flight at extreme altitudes, seen as 'Nol priority'. Close links between the USSR and Junkers resulted in BOK sending a team to Dessau in 1932 to study the Ju 49, and in particular its pressur- ized cabin. This strongly influenced their thinking, and led to many studies for a Soviet counterpart, but the only hardware built was the balloon SSSR-1, with a pressur- ized gondola, which in 1933 exceeded 18km (59,055ft). In 1934 a major conference of the Academy of Sciences issued a programme for future research, one requirement being a high-altitude aircraft. The contract for the SS (Stratosfernyi Samolyot, stratospheric aero- plane) was signed with BOK. By this time Tupolev had designed the long- range RD (ANT-25), and to save time BOK used this as the basis for the BOK-1. The main task was to design the pressure cabin, but there were many other major modifications. The BOK-1 was built at GAZ (State Aircraft Factory) No 35 at Smolensk, where it was first flown by I F Petrov in (it is believed, in Sep- tember) 1936. It was repeatedly modified in order to climb higher. It was successfully put through GOSNIl-GVF State testing by P M Ste- fanovskii. Shavrov speaks of 'a lighter variant' achieving greater heights, but there is no evi- dence of a second BOK-1 having been built. The airframe was originally that of one of the military RD aircraft, but modified by GAZ No 35. The span was reduced by fitting new constant-taper outer panels, restressed for significantly reduced gross weight achieved by greatly reducing the fuel capaci- ty. The massive retractable twin-wheel main landing gears were replaced by lighter fixed units with spatted single wheels. The engine was an AM-34RN liquid-cooled V-12, rated at 725hp, driving a three-blade fixed-pitch propeller. The main new feature was the pressure cabin, seating the pilot and a backseater who acted as observer, navigator and radio opera- tor (though no radio was ever installed). This cabin was a sealed drum of oval cross-sec- tion, with closely spaced frames to bear the BOK-1 44 B O K - 1 , SS bursting stress, constructed of Dl light alloy with 1.8 or 2.0mm skin riveted over a sealing compound. Design dP (pressure differential) was 0.22kg/cm 2 (3.2 lb/in 2 ). The front and rear were sealed by convex bulkheads. The entry hatch was at the rear and an escape hatch was provided in the roof. One report says there was no room for parachutes, which were stowed in the rear fuselage. There were five small glazed portholes for the pilot and one on each side ahead of the backseater. There were also four small portholes to admit light to the unpressurized rear fuselage. A re- generative system circulated the cabin air and removed carbon dioxide (one report says 'and nitrogen'). A controlled leak through a dump valve was made good by oxygen from bottles to keep oxygen content approximate- ly constant. The engine cooling circuit heated a radiator covering the cabin floor to keep in- ternal temperature at 15-18°C. Flight testing revealed satisfactory flying characteristics and a lack of vibration. On the other hand, on any prolonged flight the cabin became uncomfortably hot. Despite this, and electric heating of the portholes, the glazed surfaces quickly misted over. In any case, ex- ternal vision was judged dangerously inade- quate. Shavrov states that the cabin was qualified for flight to '8,000m and more'; this is am- biguous, and the original design objective was that the interior should be equivalent to an altitude of 8,000m (26,250ft) at the design ceiling of the aircraft. The engine cooling cir- cuit was modified, and the portholes were re- placed by double-layer sandwiches with not only electric heating but also a dessicant (moisture absorber) between the panes. This overcame the condensation, but nothing could be done to improve field of view. In spring 1937 the BOK-1 was fitted with an 830hp M-34RNV engine, driving a four-blade fixed-pitch propeller. This engine was then fit- ted with two TK-1 turbosuperchargers, de- signed by VI Dmitriyevskiy so that the combined turbo exhausts also added a thrust of 70kg (1541b). With the new engine instal- lation the altitude performance was much improved (see data), but during an attempt to set a record for height reached with 500 and 1,000kg payload one of the turbos blew up. Shavrov says merely 'the attempt failed', but another account says the exploding turbo se- riously damaged the forward fuselage and re- sulted in the BOK-1 being scrapped. The BOK-1 was only the second aeroplane in the world to be designed with a pressure cabin. It achieved most of its objectives, but failed to set any records. Top: BOK-1 pressure cabin. Centre: BOK-1 inboard profile. Bottom: BOK-1 (final form). Dimensions Span Length Wing area Weights Empty (as built) (after engine change) Fuel (after engine change) Loaded (after engine change) 30.0m 12.86m 78.8m 2 3,482 kg 3,600 kg 500kg 1,000kg 4,162kg 4,800kg 98 ft 5 in 42 ft n in 848 ft 2 7,676 Ib 7,937 Ib 1,102 Ib 2,205 Ib 9,1751b 1 0,582 Ib Performance Max speed at sea leve at 4,000m, (13, 123 ft) (after engine change) Time to climb to 5,000 m to 9,000m Ceiling (after engine change) Endurance (both states) 210km/h 242km/h 260 krn/h ISmin 38min 10,700m 14,100m 4 hours 130 mph 150 mph 162 mph (16,404ft) (29,528 ft) 35,100ft 46,260 ft 45 B O K - 2 , R K / B O K - 5 BOK-2, RK Purpose: To test designer's experimental wing. Design Bureau: Aircraft constructed by BOK to design of S S Krichevskii. Sawa Syemenovich Krichevskii, called 'a tal- ented designer' by historian Shavrov, spent the early 1930s trying to create the most effi- cient aeroplane wing. He made many tunnel models, eventually settling on a wing of high aspect ratio constructed in front and rear sec- tions. The rear part was hinged to the front with a small intervening gap acting as a slot. In flight, the intention was that the pilot would select the optimum angle for the rear portion, Shavrov commenting that 'this wing could al- ways be flown in a drag-polar envelope'. Krichevskii secured funding to build a re- search aircraft, called RK (Razreznoye Krylo, slotted wing) and designated BOK-2 by the construction bureau. The BOK-2 was complet- ed in 1935 and flew successfully, but Krichevskii died shortly afterwards. Documen- tation on this aircraft has never been found. The BOK-2 was an extremely neat can- tilever monoplane, with a single M-l 1 engine rated at 11 Ohp. Shavrov comments that 'The wing skin was polished to mirror brilliance [suggesting all-metal construction]...it is hard to say if its excellent performance was due to its drag-polar envelope or to its perfect aerodynamic shape'. Despite its apparently excellent perfor- mance the RK appears to have had no impact on the Soviet aviation ministry. No data available. BOK-5 Purpose: To experiment with a tailless (so- called 'flying wing') design. Design Bureau: Bureau of Special Design, Smolensk. Design team led by V A Chizhevskii. The idea for this small research aircraft came from the BOK-2, though the two aircraft were completely unrelated. In 1935 Chizhevskii began studying tailless aircraft, and obtained funding to build a simple research aircraft. This was completed in early 1937, but was then modified and did not fly until Septem- ber, the pilot being I F Petrov. It 'flew satisfac- torily...but crashed during a landing'. After being repaired and modified its handling qualities were greatly improved. In 1938 the modified aircraft was tested by the Nil WS (air force flight-test institute), where it was flown by such pilots at P M Stefanovskii and M A Nyukhtikov. Stefanovskii is reported to have said that the BOK-5 could be 'flown by pilots of average or even below average abil- ity' and to have been 'impressed by its acro- batic capability'. The BOK-5 was a basically simple aircraft, apart from the flight-control system. The air- frame was made of duralumin. The wing was of CAHI (TsAGI) 890/15 profile (15 per cent t/c ratio), with two spars with tubular booms and sheet webs, and ribs assembled from chan- nel and angle sections, with fabric covering. The short fuselage was a semi-monocoque, with some box-section longerons and pressed-sheet frames, the vertical tail being integral. The main landing gears were de- scribed as 'U-2 type'. On the nose was a 1 00hp M-l 1 engine in a Townend-ring cowl, driving a two-blade metal propeller. Modifications concentrated on the trailing- edge controls. According to Shavrov there were three movable surfaces on each wing, extending over 21 per cent of the chord. The outermost was a rectangular aileron, and the two inboard surfaces acted in unison as ele- vators. Most photographs and drawings show these surfaces as simple one-piece units hinged to brackets below the trailing edge and with a neutral setting of-5°. However, re- cently a drawing (reproduced here) was dis- covered showing the main surfaces operated BOK-5 46 B O K - 5 by servo action. The pilot's control cables can be seen to drive a narrow-chord servo control which in turn moves the main surface. The neutral setting of the main surfaces can be seen to be adjusted by a longitudinal-trim wheel with cables to screw-jacks. The BOK-5 was clearly a safe aircraft which impressed two of the Soviet Union's best test pilots, but it remained a one-off which was soon forgotten. Dimensions Span Length Wing area Weights Empty Fuel Loaded Performance Maximum speed Take-off run Service ceiling Range Endurance Landing speed/ run 9.86m 4.365m 23.15m 2 596kg 90kg 764kg 174km/h 120m 4,850 m 600km 4 hours 85km/h 200m 32 ft 4^ in 14 ft 4 in 249ft 2 1,314 Ib 198 Ib l,684lb 108 mph 394ft 15,900ft 373 miles 53 mph 656ft Top and centre: Two views of BOK-5. Bottom: BOK-5 servo control. 47 B O K - 7 , K - 1 7 / B O K - 8 / B O K - 1 1 BOK-7, K-17 Purpose: To continue stratospheric-flight research with an aircraft superior to BOK-1. Design Bureau: Bureau of Special Design, Smolensk. Chief designer Chizhevskii. Design of this aircraft began in 1936. The Tupolev RD was again used as the starting point, but with features intended to enable greater heights to be reached. The test pilots were Petrov and Stefanovskii. According to Shavrov the BOK-7 was first flown in 1938, and 'showed the same characteristics as the BOK-1'. Several two-man crews, including such important long-distance pilots as Gro- mov, Yumashev, Danilin, Spirin, Baidukov, Belyakov and others, spent periods of several days sealed in the GK checking all aspects of human life in preparation for proposed high- altitude long-distance flights in the BOK-15. According to some historians the ultimate ob- jective was a high-altitude circumnavigation, and that the by-function designation of this aircraft was K-17, from Krugosvetnyi (round the world). Photographs originally thought to be of the BOK-7 are now known to show the BOK-11. The BOK-7 had the full-span wing of the RD, and aft-retracting landing gears, but com- pared with the RD the legs were redesigned for much lighter gross weight, and fitted with single wheels. Attention was concentrated on the fuselage, which unlike the BOK-1 had the GK (pressure cabin) integral with the air- frame, the centre fuselage being a slim cylin- der sealed by gaskets and adhesives, and with grommets fitting round the control wires and other services passing through apertures in the wall. The normal oxygen supply to the pilot and pilot/observer 'compensated for the insignificant amount of air escaping'. The sealed drum was fitted with two hemispheri- cal domes, the front with eight and the rear with six transparent portholes so that the oc- cupants could see out, with a better view than from the BOK-1. The GK was kept at pressure by a tapping from a centrifugal PTsN (super- charger) blower driven by step-up gears from the engine. The engine was an 890hp M-34FRN fitted with two TK (turbosuper- chargers). It is probable that these delivered compressed air to the PTsN which then fed the engine, the cabin supply being taken off a small bleed pipe. Shavrov states that 'all sys- tems worked well', and that the experiments were 'very interesting'. According to Shavrov this aircraft had 'the first GK of the combined type' with both a sealed compartment kept under pressure and an oxygen supply. Some accounts state that AI Filin at the NIl-WS worked out details of the proposed circumnavigation, in 100- hour stages, but that the project was aban- doned after he was arrested in 1939 and executed in Stalin's Terror of 1940. This air- craft led to the BOK-8, BOK-11 and BOK-15, but it appears that no illustrations of it have been discovered. Dimensions Span Length Wing area Weights Empty No other data. 34.0m 12.9m 87m 2 3,900kg 111 ft W in 42 ft 4 in 936.5 ft 2 8,598 Ib Download 179.26 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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