TsAGI institut

The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) was founded on December 1, 1918 under the initiative and leadership of N. E. Zhukovsky, the father of Russian Aviation. Since 1935 it is located in Zhukovski (Moscow's oblast).

It was the first scientific institution to combine basic studies, applied research, structural design, pilot production and testing. During its distinguished history TsAGI has developed new aerodynamic configurations, aircraft stability/controllability criteria, and strength requirements. TsAGI was a pioneer in the theory of flutter along with many other theories, applications and experimental studies.

While developing the «Energia» launcher and the «Buran» reusable aerospaceplane, TsAGI made significant investigations into aerogasdynamics and flight dynamics, assessing structural strength for velocities from orbital to landing.

During the last two decades TsAGI has achieved significant advances in Aerodynamics, Flight dynamics and Flight control systems, as well as improving static material strength, service life and reliability of civil airplanes.

Here is some pictures of the mock-ups used in the wind tunnels of TsAGI:

Drawing of Gagarin near a prototype shuttle	Space shuttle	Picture of famous cosmonauts near a shuttle pre-project
Space shuttle mock-up	Space shuttle mock-up	Buran variant
Another version of Buran	EPOS mock-up	EPOS mock-up
EPOS mock-up	Buran mock-up	Buran mock-up
Buran mock-up

Different configurations of a shuttle and a launcher	Mock-up of the Energia launcher	Buran and Energia mock-up
An An-325 and the english shuttle HOTOL	Buran and Energia	Mriya

Other pictures of the BOR-4 and Buran mock-ups are available in their respective gallery: BOR-4, Buran.