Chyeranovskii BICh-26

The BICh-26  was a tailless jet fighter designed in the Soviet Union from 1947.

Development
After the close of World War II, Boris Cheranovsky was running a de facto design bureau working on jet fighter aircraft. Not only was Cheranovsky 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. Cheranovsky's failing health from 1948 prevented further progress on these projects.

Variants

 * BICh-24 – Variable sweep jet fighter project.
 * BICh-25 – Variable sweep jet fighter project.
 * BICh-26 – Tail-less jet fighter project.

Specifications (BICh-26)
Alert: It should be clear to the reader that this aircraft does not exist, and has never existed. It was 'dreams on paper'.