Aleksandr Mikulin

Aircraft jet engine designer

Aleksandr Mikulin

Born	Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Mikulin (1895-02-14)February 14, 1895 Vladimir, Russian Empire
Died	May 13, 1985(1985-05-13) (aged 90) Moscow, Soviet Union
Engineering career
Institutions	Mikulin OKB
Projects	Tsar Tank
Significant design	Mikulin AM-34

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Mikulin (Russian: Александр Александрович Микулин; 14 February 1895 – 13 May 1985) was a Soviet aircraft engine designer and chief designer in the Mikulin OKB.^[1] His achievements include the first Soviet liquid-cooled aircraft piston engine, the Mikulin AM-34, and the Mikulin AM-3 turbojet engine for the Soviet Union's first jet airliner, the Tupolev Tu-104. Mikulin also took part in the Tsar Tank project.^[2]

Engines

M-17 - BMW VI built under licence
AM-34
AM-35 - Super charged inline 895-1007kw^[3]
AM-37 - improved AM-35; only produced in small numbers as it was too unreliable
AM-38 - low-altitude engine developed from the AM-35A
AM-39 - higher power version of the AM-35A
AM-41 - used on the Gudkov Gu-1
AM-42 - higher power version of the AM-38F
AM-43 - high-altitude engine, used on Tupolev Tu-1 and Ilyushin Il-16
AM-44 - turbo-supercharged engine, used on Tupolev Tu-2DB
AM-45
AM-46
AM-47 - used on the Ilyushin Il-20
AM-2
AM-3/RD-3
AM-5 - renamed Tumansky RD-9 after Sergey Tumansky replaced Aleksandr Mikulin

References

^ "Alexander Alexandrovich Mikulin". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
^ "3 early tank designs that were too ridiculous to function". in.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
^ Dancey, Peter G. (2017-04-22). Soviet Aircraft Industry. Fonthill Media.