Polish Aviation Museum Cracow

31-864 Kraków,
al. Jana Pawła II 39
phone: (12) 640 99 60,
(12) 642 40 70
e-mail: info@muzeumlotnictwa.pl

a cultural institution of the Malopolska Region

Mecenas Muzeum

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Patroni Medialni

Aircraft engine: Shvetsov ASh-21

USSR
radial engine
1948

Configuration	7-cylinder radial
Cooling	air-cooled
Displacement	20.6 l (1,257 cu in)
Compression ratio	6.4
Weight	495 kg (1,091 lb)
Maximum power	700 hp at 2,500 RPM
Climb power	570 hp at 2,350 RPM

A radial engine with direct fuel injection. Designed by a team led by A. Shvetsov. The engine was produced after the Second World War in the USSR and on licence in Czechoslovakia as M-21. It was the powerplant of the Yakovlev Yak-11 and Tupolev UTB training aircraft.

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