Aircraft engine: Mikulin AM-35A
USSR
inline engine
1939
Configuration | 12-cylinder V |
Cooling | liquid-cooled |
Displacement | 46.7 l (2,807 cu in) |
Compression ratio | 7.0 |
Weight | 830 kg (1,829 lb) |
Maximum power | 1,350 hp at 2,050 RPM |
Climb power | 1,200 hp |
The AM-35 was designed to fulfill the demand of Russian Air Force for a powerful engine for fighter aircraft. It originated from the M-34 engine, designed during 1929–1931 by a team led by A. Mikulin. It was a very perspective design, which was undergoing multiple modifications in the following years, establishing the family of more and more powerful engines.
In 1937 the AM-37 engine with increased RPM and compression ratio was designed. After the malfuctions of the valves and supercharger had been removed, it entered production under the designation AM-35A. Before the outbreak of World War II the AM-35A was one of the leading inline engine designs, it was also the most powerful and heaviest Soviet engine of that type. It was used in MiG-1, MiG-3 and TB-7 aircraft.
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