Office for special constructions
The Office for Special Constructions ( BOK , Russian Бюро особых конструкций , scientific transliteration Bjuro osobych Konstrukcij ) is a former Soviet development department. It was founded to research and develop unconventional conditions and types of construction in aircraft construction. It existed from 1931 to 1941 and was a department of the ZAGI .
history
At a suggestion by Pyotr Baranov , the Commissariat (later the Ministry) for Defense issued an order for the formation of the BOK in the summer of 1930. On January 1, 1931, it began work under the direction of Vladimir Tschischewski and his deputy Nikolai Kaschtankow. Research areas included the development of flying wings , gyroscopes and rocket planes and experiments with slotted wings . Until its dissolution, the BOK changed the premises and the name several times.
Boris Tscheranowski (responsible for flying wings), Nikolai Kamow (for gyroplane) and Alexei Shcherbakov (for pressurized cabins ) worked at BOK . For example, the high-altitude research aircraft BOK-1 , the flying wing aircraft BOK-5 , the gyroplane A-7 and the gondola of the stratospheric balloon SSSR-1, which reached an altitude of 19,100 meters on September 30, 1933.
In 1941 the BOK was dissolved and the employees were taken over by Pawel Sukhoi in the OKB .
See also
literature
- Wilfried Copenhagen : Lexicon Soviet Aviation. Elbe – Dnjepr, Klitzschen 2007, ISBN 978-3-933395-90-0 .