Chyeranovskii BICh-3

The BICh-3 (Russian: БИЧ-3) was a tailless research aircraft designed and built in the USSR in 1926.

After Cheranovsky's first tailless flying wing gliders, the BICh-1 and BICh-2, he continued developing the concept with the BICh-3.

The cockpit was faired into a large fin and rudder.

The undercarriage consisted of a faired central mono-wheel with wing-tip skids.

It was found to be unstable in initial tests leading to modifications that improved the handling sufficiently for it to be cleared as safe to fly.