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BB-MAI
The Moscow Aviation Institute BB-MAI (russian: ББ-МАИ) was a Soviet Union, Soviet light bomber/attack plane prototype aircraft. Designed in 1939 by Peter Grushin of the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI, hence the designation), it was delayed by problems with the new Klimov M-105 engine and eventually only a single prototype was built. While the design was not accepted for serial production, it was the first Soviet aircraft to use a tricycle landing gear and one of the first to feature a supercharger and leading-edge slats. Design and development The work on the design was started in 1938, but was delayed by the fact that the intended powerplant, the modern Klimov M-105 engine, was still under development.Volkov (ed), p.1 In early 1939 work commenced on the first prototype, but proceeded at a very slow pace. The construction team was led by A.A. Lebedinski and A.A. Manucharov. It was not until late 1940 that the prototype was completed and flight-tested by MAI's own test pilot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Grushin
Pyotr Dmitrievich Grushin (russian: Пётр Дмитриевич Грушин, January 15, 1906, Volsk, Russian Empire – November 29, 1993) was a Soviet rocket scientist and, from 1966, an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Grushin graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute, where he participated in the development of the MAI Stal plane (russian: "Сталь", 1931–1934). Later, he became a chief designer of KB MAI (1934–1940), where he developed the light bomber BB-MAI and some other design His later designed the heavy long-range fighter IDS (russian: ИДС), later renamed Grushin Gr-1, Gr-1 after Grushin. The plane made its first flights in 1940-1941 at Kharkov Aviation Plant (Kharkov Aviation Factory, KhAZ) 135 (with Grushin as a Chief designer of KhAZ OKB), but after the war began it was destroyed in an air raid. He worked as the Chief engineer on ''Plant 21'' and later as vice chief designer to Semyon Lavochkin, Lavochkin at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |