Avia BH-6 explained
The
Avia BH-6 was a
prototype fighter aircraft built in
Czechoslovakia in 1923. It was a single-bay
biplane of unusual configuration, developed in tandem with the
BH-7, which shared its
fuselage and
tail design.
Development
The BH-6 had wings of unequal span, but unusually, the top wing was the shorter of the two, and while it was braced to the bottom wing with a single I-strut on either side, these sloped inwards from bottom to top. Finally, the top wing was attached to the fuselage not by a set of cabane struts, but by a single large pylon.
The BH-6 crashed early in its test programme, and when the related BH-7 did also, both implementations of this design were abandoned.
References
- Book: Taylor, Michael J. H. . Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . 1989 . Studio Editions . London . 86 .
- Book: World Aircraft Information Files . Bright Star Publishing. London . File 889 Sheet 86 .
- Němeček, V. (1968). Československá letadla. Praha: Naše Vojsko.
- airwar.ru