Mikulin
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Alexander Alexandrovich Mikulin (February 14 (O.S. February 2), 1895 - May 13, 1985) was a Soviet aircraft engine designer and chief designer in the Mikulin OKB
. His achievements include the first Soviet liquid-cooled piston aircraft engine Mikulin AM-34
and the Mikulin AM-3
turbojet engine for Soviet Union's first jet airliner Tupolev Tu-104
. Mikulin also took part in the Tsar Tank
project.
Engines:
OKB
OKB is a transliteration of the Russian acronym for "Опытное конструкторское бюро" - Opytnoe Konstructorskoe Byuro, meaning Experimental Design Bureau...
. His achievements include the first Soviet liquid-cooled piston aircraft engine Mikulin AM-34
Mikulin AM-34
The Mikulin AM-34 was the Soviet Union’s first indigenous mass-produced, liquid-cooled, aircraft engine. Its initial development was troubled, but it eventually became one of the most successful Soviet aircraft engines of the 1930s...
and the Mikulin AM-3
Mikulin AM-3
|-See also:...
turbojet engine for Soviet Union's first jet airliner Tupolev Tu-104
Tupolev Tu-104
The Tupolev Tu-104 was a twin-engined medium-range turbojet-powered Soviet airliner and the world's first successful jet airliner...
. Mikulin also took part in the Tsar Tank
Tsar Tank
The Tsar Tank , also known as the Netopyr which stands for pipistrellus or Lebedenko Tank , was an unusual Russian armoured vehicle developed by Nikolai Lebedenko , Nikolai Zhukovsky , Boris Stechkin , and Alexander Mikulin...
project.
Engines:
- M-17Mikulin M-17-See also:-External links:* http://avia.russian.ee/air/russia/index.html...
- AM-34Mikulin AM-34The Mikulin AM-34 was the Soviet Union’s first indigenous mass-produced, liquid-cooled, aircraft engine. Its initial development was troubled, but it eventually became one of the most successful Soviet aircraft engines of the 1930s...
- AM-35
- AM-38Mikulin AM-38|-See also:-Bibliography:* Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9...
- AM-39
- AM-42
- AM-3Mikulin AM-3|-See also:...
- AM-5Tumansky RD-9|-References:* The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft: 1875-1995, Bill Gunston, ISBN 1-85532-405-9.-External links:...