The Tumansky R-29 is a Soviet

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that was developed in the early 1970s. It is generally described as being in the "third generation" of Soviet

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engines which are characterized by high thrust-to-weight ratios and the use of

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air cooling.Sosounov, V.A. (1990). ''The Development of Aircraft Power Plant Construction in the USSR and the 60th Anniversary of CIAM''. AlAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 26th Joint Propulsion Conference, July 16–18, 1990. Orlando, Florida. AIAA-90-2761.

Variants

;R-29-300: Original variant. Used in the MiG-23MF and related variants.TMKB Soyuz R29-300 (subscription required)
Janes Aero Engines. Edited: 1 April 2010. Retrieved: 8 September 2010. ;R-29B-300: Simplified variant of the engine intended for the

MiG-27 The Mikoyan MiG-27 (russian: Микоян МиГ-27; NATO reporting name: Flogger-D/J) is a variable-sweep ground-attack aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union and later licence-produced in India ...

. ;R-29PN: Advanced variant that replaced the -300 model on non-export aircraft. ;R-29BS-300: Variant with modified gearbox. Used in several export variants of the

Sukhoi Su-17 The Sukhoi Su-17 (''izdeliye'' S-32) is a variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber developed for the Soviet military. Its NATO reporting name is "Fitter". Developed from the Sukhoi Su-7, the Su-17 was the first variable-sweep wing aircraft to ent ...

. ;Khatchaturov R-35-300: Developed version used in late variants of the MiG-23. ;Shenyang WP-15: Chinese reverse-engineered copy of the R-29-300.
中国涡喷15A算不算国产航发曾用于歼10原型机试飞. Sina Military. Edited: 21 March 2018. Retrieved: 12 July 2021.

Applications

* IAR 95 (Intended application) *

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-23; NATO reporting name: Flogger) is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is a third-generati ...

Mikoyan MiG-27 The Mikoyan MiG-27 (russian: Микоян МиГ-27; NATO reporting name: Flogger-D/J) is a variable-sweep ground-attack aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union and later licence-produced in Ind ...

Chengdu J-10 The Chengdu J-10 Vigorous Dragon (; NATO reporting name: Firebird), is a medium-weight, single-engine, multirole combat aircraft capable of all-weather operations, configured with a delta wing and canard design, with fly-by-wire flight contr ...

(Prototype) * Shenyang J-13 (Intended application) *

Sukhoi Su-22 The Sukhoi Su-17 (''izdeliye'' S-32) is a variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber developed for the Soviet military. Its NATO reporting name is "Fitter". Developed from the Sukhoi Su-7, the Su-17 was the first variable-sweep wing aircraft to enter ...

Specifications (R-29-300)

References

Citations

Sources

* Gunston, Bill. ''World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines''. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. .

External links

R-29 on leteckemotory.cz
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