The Tumansky RD-9 (initially designated Mikulin AM-5) was an early

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

turbojet The turbojet is an airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft. It consists of a gas turbine with a propelling nozzle. The gas turbine has an air inlet which includes inlet guide vanes, a compressor, a combustion chamber, and ...

engine, not based on pre-existing German or British designs. The AM-5, developed by scaling down the AM-3, was available in

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and completed testing in

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; it produced thrust without

afterburner An afterburner (or reheat in British English) is an additional combustion component used on some jet engines, mostly those on military supersonic aircraft. Its purpose is to increase thrust, usually for supersonic flight, takeoff, and comba ...

. AM-5 engine is notable for making possible the first mass-produced supersonic interceptor, the

MiG-19 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-19; NATO reporting name: Farmer) is a Soviet second generation, single-seat, twinjet fighter aircraft, the world's first mass-produced supersonic aircraft. It was the ...

, and the first Soviet all-weather area interceptor, the

Yak-25 The Yakovlev Yak-25 ( NATO designation Flashlight-A/Mandrake) was a swept wing, turbojet-powered interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft built by Yakovlev and used by the Soviet Union. Design and development The Yak-25 originated from a nee ...

. When

Sergei Tumansky Sergei Konstantinovich Tumansky (russian: Серге́й Константинович Туманский; – 9 September 1973) was a designer of Soviet aircraft engines and the chief designer in the Tumansky Design Bureau, OKB-300. He worked i ...

replaced

Alexander Mikulin Alexander Alexandrovich Mikulin (russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Мику́лин) (February 14 ( O.S. February 2), 1895, Vladimir – May 13, 1985, Moscow) was a Soviet Russian aircraft engine designer and chief design ...

as the OKB-24's chief designer in 1956, the engine was renamed RD-9. The engine was later built under license in China as the WP-6.

Variants and applications

;RD-9A: ;RD-9B: Used in the

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civilian jetliner project

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in 1958 and 1959, replaced when

Pirna 014 The Pirna 014 was an axial turbojet designed in East Germany (or the GDR) in the mid- to late 1950s by former Junkers engineers, who were repatriated to East Germany in 1954 after being held in custody in the Soviet Union following World War ...

engines became available. ;RD-9AK: Non-afterburning versions for the

and

Yak-26 The Yakovlev Yak-26, OKB designation Yak-123, was a Soviet tactical supersonic bomber aircraft flown at the Tushino air show on 24 June 1956. The model did not enter service. Design and development The Yak-123-1 prototype was developed from the ...

. ;RD-9AF-300: Afterburning version for the

Yak-27 The Yakovlev Yak-27 ( NATO reporting name "Flashlight-C") was a family of Soviet supersonic aircraft developed in 1958 from the Yak-121 prototype. The most built variant was the tactical reconnaissance Yak-27R ( NATO reporting name "Mangrove"). ...

and

Yak-28 The Yakovlev Yak-28 (russian: Яковлев Як-28) is a swept wing, turbojet-powered combat aircraft used by the Soviet Union. Produced initially as a tactical bomber, it was also manufactured in reconnaissance, electronic warfare, intercep ...

. ;RD-9AF2-300: Afterburning version for the

and

. ;RD-9B: Afterburning version for the early variants of

. ;RD-9BK: Version for

Lavochkin La-17 The Lavochkin La-17 was the first Soviet Union, Soviet unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to reach operational service. The first versions were developed in the early 1950s, and remained in service into the 1980s. Early development The La-17 was desi ...

M. ;RD-9BF-811: Afterburning version for the later variants of

. ;RD-9V: Afterburning version used in the

Ilyushin Il-40 The Ilyushin Il-40 (NATO reporting name: Brawny) was a two-seat Soviet jet-engined armored ground-attack aircraft. The first prototype flew in 1953 and was very successful except when it fired its guns, as their combustion gasses disturbed the ...

P. ;WP-6: Chinese built version for the

Shenyang J-6 The Shenyang J-6 (Chinese: 歼-6; designated F-6 for export versions; NATO reporting name: Farmer) is the Chinese-built version of the Soviet MiG-19 'Farmer' fighter aircraft, the world's first mass-produced supersonic aircraft. Design and d ...

. ;WP-6A: a Chinese upgraded version for the

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and J-6C. ;WP-6Z: further developed for the cancelled

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;NK-TJ: North Korean version built for

and

Specifications (RD-9BF-811)

Notes

References

* ''The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft: 1875-1995'', Bill Gunston, .

External links

RD-9B page on LeteckeMotory.cz
(cs) {{DEFAULTSORT:Tumansky R-09 Tumansky aircraft engines 1950s turbojet engines

Variants and applications

Specifications (RD-9BF-811)

See also

Notes

References

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