Sergei Konstantinovich Tumansky (russian: Серге́й Константинович Туманский; – 9 September 1973) was a designer of

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aircraft engines and the chief designer in the Tumansky Design Bureau, OKB-300. He worked in

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(1931–38 and in 1940), and at the aircraft-engine plant N 29, in

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. He also worked as a substitute main designer in OKB A.A. Mikulin beginning in 1943.

Biography

Sergei Tumansky was born in

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, the Russian Empire, on May 21, 1901 and died, at age 73, in

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, the Soviet Union, on September 9, 1973. Tumansky was a specialist in the field of mechanics and machine building. He was a corresponding member of the

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for the department of mechanics and control processes from 26 June 1964, and then academician for the department of mechanics and control processes (machine building) from 26 November 1968. He was awarded different distinctions, among them Lenin Prize,

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and

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Contributions

Some of the engines he worked on and/or designed include: * M-75 - Gnome-Rhône 9K Mistral built under license * M-85 - Gnome-Rhône 14K Mistral Major built under license *

M-86 M86 or M-86 may refer to: * HMAS Diamantina (M 86), Huon-class minehunter in the Royal Australian Navy * INS Malpe (M86), Indian Naval minesweeper ship * Lenticular Galaxy M86 or Messier 86, a lenticular galaxy in the Virgo Cluster * M86 express ...

- higher power version of M-85 with increased supercharging and a higher compression ratio *

Tumansky M-87 The Tumansky M-87 was a Soviet air-cooled aircraft radial engine that was developed in the late 1930s. It was a development of their licensed Gnome-Rhone 14K engines that started with the M-85. Development In 1934, USSR licensed the French ...

- improved M-86 with more power *

Tumansky M-88 The Tumansky M-88 was an air-cooled radial engine for aircraft developed in the Soviet Union shortly before World War II. Design and development The M-88 was designed to address the shortcomings of the Tumansky M-87. The improvements incorporat ...

- improved M-87 with more power * Tumansky M-89 *

Tumansky M-90 The Tumansky M-90 was a prototype Soviet radial engine designed before World War II. It proved unreliable and incapable of reaching its designed output and was cancelled in 1944. Development The M-90 began development in the spring of 1939 under ...

- prototype two-row, 18 cylinder version of M-75; cancelled in 1944 as it was too underpowered and suffered numerous failures * Tumansky M-92 - prototype development of M-90, 1943 *

Tumansky RD-9 The Tumansky RD-9 (initially designated Mikulin AM-5) was an early Soviet turbojet engine, not based on pre-existing German or British designs. The AM-5, developed by scaling down the AM-3, was available in 1952 and completed testing in 1953; ...

- initially known as Mikulin AM-5, renamed to RD-9 when Tumansky took over development * Tumansky RD-10 - designation given to captured examples and copies of the Junkers Jumo 004 *

Tumansky R-11 The Tumansky R-11 (initially AM-11) was a Soviet Cold War-era turbojet engine. Design and development The Tumansky R-11 was developed by A.A. Mikulin, Sergei Tumansky, and B.S. Stechkin as a twin-spool axial-flow high-altitude non-afterburni ...

- a twin-spool, axial-flow non-afterburning turbojet engine *

Tumansky R-13 The Tumansky R-13 is a Soviet turbojet engine designed by Sergei Alekseevich Gavrilov. Design and development The Tumansky R-13 is a development of the successful Tumansky R-11 engine. It is a two-spool axial-flow turbojet featuring a new five ...

- a twin-spool, axial-flow afterburning turbojet engine designed by Sergei Alekseevich Gavrilov, developed from the R-11 *

Tumansky R-15 The Tumansky R-15 is an axial flow, single shaft turbojet with an afterburner. Its best known use is on the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25. Design and development The R-15-300 was designed at the OKB-300 design bureau led by Sergei Tumansky in the lat ...

- an axial-flow, single shaft afterburning turbojet *

Tumansky R-21 The Tumansky R-21 was a Soviet turbojet engine of the 1960s. Used for development only, the project was canceled. Design and development The Tumansky R-21 was developed at Tushino motor plant (part of OKB-300), headed by Nikolai Georgievich M ...

- projected twin-spool, axial-flow afterburning turbojet based on the R-11 *

Tumansky R-25 The Tumansky R-25 is a turbojet engine, which is seen as the ultimate development of Tumansky R-11. It was designed under the leadership of Sergei Alekseevich Gavrilov. Design and development The Tumansky R-25 was designed as a replacement for ...

- a twin-spool, axial-flow afterburning turbojet engine, the ultimate development of the Tumansky R-11 * Tumansky R-29

Awards

(1957) * Lenin Prize winner (1957) * Gospremii of the USSR (1946) * Honorary Citizen Kuybyshev (1982) *

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...

(4 times) *

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferr ...

Order of the Red Star The Order of the Red Star (russian: Орден Красной Звезды, Orden Krasnoy Zvezdy) was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 193 ...

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Туманский Сергей Константинович

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