Chyeranovskii BICh-18

BiCh-18 Muskulyot
Role Man-powered Ornithopter
National origin Soviet Union
Designer Boris Ivanovich Cheranovsky
First flight 10 August 1937
Number built 1

The Chyeranovskii BICh-18 Muskulyot (or sometimes Cheranovsky BICh-18) is an experimental Soviet man-powered ornithopter designed and built by Boris Ivanovich Cheranovsky. The BiCH-18 was a lightweight wooden construction biplane with two pairs of high aspect ratio wings moved by muscle power. It was first flown in 1937 by R.A. Pischuchev as a glider with the wings locked and launched by cable. On the fourth test the wings were operated by the pedals and a glide of 430 m (470 yd) was achieved.

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