48-010 A Microcosm Of The Middle Fighter 1/48 Bi-1

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Development started in the initiative order in 1941, by the designers of the A. Y. Bereznyak and A. M. Isayev. The aircraft was designed for a rocket engine, developed in the research Institute-3 HP Dushkin. Despite the fact that the engine had sufficient traction, it had a large fuel consumption and oxidizer. However, the aircraft had an unusually large, for that time, acceleration, speed and rate of climb. Based on these features, it became clear the future purpose of the aircraft - interceptor. 
After the beginning of the great Patriotic war, the work accelerated sharply.
during the test mode of a glider in September-October 1941 pilot B. N. Kudrin was conducted 15 flights. It was confirmed that all the aerodynamic data of the aircraft, stability and handling characteristics correspond to the calculated.