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Is there any more information or specifications about the engines described below?
  1. Shvetsov M-72 - Radial engine developed from the M-71.
  2. Tumansky M-92 - Nothing found other than a few things on Wikipedia's Shvetsov engine tree. Sukhoi's fighter with two M-92 engines would have had these radials.
  3. Shvetsov M-93 - Found nothing except for the designation. This was also a radial.
  4. Mikulin AM-41 - Gudkov wanted this inline engine to be mounted on his Gu-1 heavy fighter. I found nothing else.
  5. Mikulin AM-43 inline - The only variant that can be found regarding this inline design is the AM-43NV. Tony Buttler mentions in Soviet Secret Projects Bombers Since 1945 that the AM-43NV's power output was "2,460." Wikipedia has a "nonexistent page" about the AM-43.
  6. Mikulin AM-45 - An inline engine that was suggested to be on various projects like Tupolev's 'Aircraft 64' and possibly the Il-14 high speed bomber.
  7. Mikulin AM-46 - ?
  8. Mikulin AM-47 - ?
  9. Tumansky M-95 - I don't even remember how I found it or what source. The source stated that this radial had a power output of 3,300 hp, but I'm not too sure about that.
  10. Yakovlev M-501 - Diesel engine that was proposed on the Ilyushin Il-26 heavy bomber. Tony Buttler states in Soviet Secret Projects Bombers Since 1945 on page 14, "....6,000 hp (4,494 kW) Yakovlev M-501 diesels...."
  11. Klimov VK-109 - Wikipedia states that it was a development of the VK-108 and was to be used on Myasishchev's VB-109 high-altitude bomber. Don't know what the power output was.
  12. Klimov VK-110 (M-110) - Nothing except for the two designations on Wikipedia. Could have been a hypothetical inline automatically assumed by Wikipedia.
  13. Klimov VK-150 - Ridiculous. Don't think this was even a design. But I could be wrong....
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Yakovlev M-501 - 147.1 L, 42 cilinder, water-cooled, 6205 hp. Used in Soviet Navy.
But, it wasn't a biggest Soviet diesel engine for aircrafts. Charomskiy M-305 - X28, 10000 hp engine, for unknown bomber project.
 

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Is there any more information or specifications about the engines described below?

Did you see this book: Russian Piston Aero Engines: The Complete Story?
 
Shvetsov M-72 - 2250 hp, used on early Beriyev Be-6.
Klimov VK-109 - based on VK-108, with water injection. Power - 1800 hp in 1946, and, planned - 2075 hp.
Klimov VK-110 - based on VK-109, 2100 hp, only project.
Klimov VK-150 - bigger than VK-108/109/110, actually - concept, 3700 hp.
Mikulin engines (in Russian):
AM-41
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AM-43
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AM-45:
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AM-46:
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AM-47:
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M-95 (Tumansky?):
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Is there any more information or specifications about the engines described below?

Did you see this book: Russian Piston Aero Engines: The Complete Story?
Nope but thank you. Will probably try and get it eventually.
 
Shvetsov M-72 - 2250 hp, used on early Beriyev Be-6.
Klimov VK-109 - based on VK-108, with water injection. Power - 1800 hp in 1946, and, planned - 2075 hp.
Klimov VK-110 - based on VK-109, 2100 hp, only project.
Klimov VK-150 - bigger than VK-108/109/110, actually - concept, 3700 hp.
Mikulin engines (in Russian):
AM-41
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AM-43
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AM-45:
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AM-46:
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AM-47:
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M-95 (Tumansky?):
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Exceptional! Thank you. Anything about Shvetsov M-92 and 93?
 
M-92

Development: Project 1943. Further development of the M-90. Planning of joint testing for December 1943. No prototype built [1].

Versions:
  • M-92: Project 1943 [1].
  • BKM: Project 1942, M-90 with valveless injection system [1], eventually project M-91 (?)
Use: As an alternative to the M-82A planned in the project Tupolev "62" [2].

Type: 18-cylinder two-row radial engine, four-stroke, air-cooled, with gearbox and two-speed centrifugal loader [1]

Sources:
[1] KOTELNIKOV, V.: Soviet Piston Aero-Engines, Part 14. Gnome-Rhone - The Last Attempt. Bulletin of the Russian Aviation Research Group of Air-Britain. Volume 43. No. 100. p29 - 59. December 2004.

[2] РИГМАНТ, В. Г.: Самолеты ОКБ А. Н. Туполева. Москва: РУСАВИА, 2001.
 
M-93

Development: High-altitude engine [2], developed by V. S. Nittschenko [5] in the first post-war years in Omsk. Probably never delivered. Possibly identical to ASch-82M [5], possibly also referred to as ASh-93 [1], [3] although number fitted into the Zaporozhye-Omsk series.

Use:
Projects: Tupolev Tu-2M [4], alternative engine for Tupolev 62 (Tu-2D) [4], Planned engine for Tupolev "71" (Tu-14 2M-93) in late 1946, Tupolev "74" (Tu-22 2M-93, Tu-32 2M-93) August 1946 [2], Sukhoi Su-12 [5].

Type: 14-cylinder two-row radial engine [6] (like the other engines of Nittschenko (ASh-21, M-3) a further development of the ASh-82 (14-cylinder two-row radial engine, four-stroke, air-cooled, single-stage two-speed centrifugal)

Sources:
[1] KOTELNIKOV, V.; SLOUTSKI, G.: Soviet Piston Aero-Engines, Part 4. Shvetsov. Bulletin of the Russian Aviation Research Group of Air-Britain. Volume 41. No. 149. P. 27 - 47. March 2002.

[2] РИГМАНТ, В.: Под знаками „АНТ“ и „Ту“. Авиация и Космонавтика 1997, 10; ... 1999, 4.

[3] САФОНОВ, С.: Воздушный извозчик. Ил-12 – самолет многоцелевого назначения. Крылья родины 1999, 5, 20 - 22.

[4] РИГМАНТ, В. Г.: Самолеты ОКБ А. Н. Туполева. Москва: РУСАВИА, 2001.

[5] ПРОКЛОВ, В.: Послевоенные поршневые самолеты ОКБ П. О. Сухого. Разведчик-корректировщик артиллерийского огня Су-12. Авиация и Кос-монавтика 2007, 10, 36 – 51.

[6] ЯКУБОВИЧ, Н.: Реактивные первенцы СССР. МиГ-9, Як-15, Су-9, Ла-150, Ту-12, Ил-22 и др. Москва: Яуза – ЭКСМО, 2015.

Based on the research of my longtime friend Helge Bergander (1941-2018).
 
Shvetsov M-72 - 2250 hp, used on early Beriyev Be-6.
Klimov VK-109 - based on VK-108, with water injection. Power - 1800 hp in 1946, and, planned - 2075 hp.
Klimov VK-110 - based on VK-109, 2100 hp, only project.
Klimov VK-150 - bigger than VK-108/109/110, actually - concept, 3700 hp.
Mikulin engines (in Russian):
AM-41
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AM-43
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AM-45:
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AM-46:
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AM-47:
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M-95 (Tumansky?):
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Do you know how many cylinders the VK-109, -110, and -150 had?
 
VK-109 -> 12
VK-110 -> probably 12
VK-150 -> 24

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Source for the three engines is:
KOTELNIKOV, V.; SLOUTSKI, G.: Soviet Piston Aero-Engines, Part 3. V. Ya. Klimov. Bulletin of the Russian Aviation Research Group of Air-Britain. Volume 40. No. 149. P. 65 - 79. June 2001.
 
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Is there any info on the M-49TK engine? All I have found is on Wikipedia, that it was planned to power the Tu-79, a variant of the Tu-4.
 
Can anyone please confirm the existence of a "VK-107U"? I saw it mentioned in the Yak Fighters in Action book.
It is also apparently mentioned in this photographed book:

Apparently it is an 1,800hp+ variant. Is it maybe a misnomer for the VK108?
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Caza YAK-9

Desarrollado por la oficina de diseño de A. S. Yakovlev en paralelo con el YAK-3,el YAK-9 fue una evolución del YAK-7DI ( por IDalnii istrebel o caza de largo alcance) con ala de largueros metálicos para dar mayor capacidad de combustible y alcance.Entró en producción a mediados de 1942, mostrandose como un respetable rival para los cazas de la LUFTWAFFE;las versiones de largo alcance escoltaban a los bombarderos pesados estadounidenses cuando la situación lo requería y en cierta ocasión un grupo de YAK-9 voló desde Ucrania hasta Bari,en el sur de Italia,para apoyar a los guerrilleros yugoslavos.Hacia 1944 superaba en cantidad al resto de los cazas soviéticos juntos,permaneció en producción en la post-guerra,construyéndose un total de 16769 ejemplares de todas las versiones,siendo entregados los últimos en agosto de 1946.

versiones operacionales y experimentales

YAK-9: caza básico de serie,derivado del YAK-7DI pero con numerosos cambios de detalle.

YAK-9M: modifikatsirovannyi (modificado),designación generalmente aplicada a modelos con cambios de armamento,agosto de 1942.

YAK-9D: versión de largo alcance,con depósitos adicionales en las secciones externas alares,finales de 1943.

YAK-9DD: modelo de muy largo alcance,con un gran depósito en el fuselaje de 880 lts y otro lanzable.

YAK-9L: versión Iyegkii (aligerada),usualmente con sobrecompresor de dos etapas.

YAK-9T: por lo menos 9 variantes contracarro con cañón NS-P37 de 37mm con 32 proyectiles,finales de 1943.

YAK-9K: krupnokalibernyi (grueso calibre) con cañón de 45mm o 57mm.

YAK-9PVO: interceptor nocturno con reflector/luz de aterrizaje y radiocompás.

YAK-9B: bombardirovshchik (bombardero) con bodega interna para 400/600 kg en bombas o 128 antipersonal PTAB de 1,5 o 2,5 kg.

YAK-9U: segunda generación con muchos cambios,enero de 1944.

YAK-9P: pushyechnyi (cañón),usualmente con uno o dos ShVAK o MP-20 sincronizados sobre el fuselaje en lugar de las UBS,agosto de 1945.

YAK-9R: razvyedchik (reconocimiento),algunas variantes llamadas YAK-9F por fotorazyedchik.

YAK-9UT: entrenador biplaza en tándem,muchos de ellos con revestimiento metálico resistentes.

YAK-UV: entrenamiento o enlace (uchyebno vyvoznoi).

YAK-9PD: modelo de alta cota derivado del I-28 y YAK-9 con un techo de 14500 m.

YAK-9K: kur`yer transporte de personalidades.

YAK-9U/107U: equipada experimentalmente con el motor KLIMOV 107U de 1875 hp.

especificaciones técnicas YAK-9 (ala de estructura metálica)

planta motriz: KLIMOV VK-105PF-3 lineal de 12 cilindros en V,estabilizado a 1210 hp a 2600 rpm al despegue,1360 hp a 2700 rpm a 800 m y 1180 hp a 2700 rpm a 2700 m,accionando una hélice VISh-105SV tripala metálica de velocidad constante y un barrido de 3 metros.

velocidad máxima: 535 kph a nivel del mar:560 kph a 1000 m y 600 kph a 3100 m.

techo de servicio:10500 m.

alcance: 440 kms a 470 kph,970 kms a 425 kph y 1410 kms a 300 kph.

tiempo de trepada a 5000 m: 5,5 minutos.

peso vació: 2420 kg.

peso normal cargado: 3100 kg.

envergadura: 9,74 m.

largo: 8,50 m.

altura: 2,60 m.

superficie alar: 17,15 metros cuadrados.

armamento: un cañón ShVAK de 20mm con 120 tiros disparando a través del buje de la hélice y una ametralladora sincronizada UBS de 12,7mm con 200 tiros;a veces dos UBS con 150 tiros cada una.

Fuente:

"Guía ilustrada de los cazas y aviones de ataque aliados de la segunda guerra mundial" (II) FOLIO.

"Enciclopedia ilustrada de la aviación" nº 176 EDITORIAL DELTA.

"El mundo de la aviación" nº 42 PLANETA-AGOSTINI.
 
Can anyone please confirm the existence of a "VK-107U"? I saw it mentioned in the Yak Fighters in Action book.
It is also apparently mentioned in this photographed book:

Apparently it is an 1,800hp+ variant. Is it maybe a misnomer for the VK108?
There is a small paragraph on VK-107U (ВК-107У) here, taken from this book:

Kalinina Lyubov Olegovna, Klimova Irina Vladimirovna
Vladimir Klimov

Калинина Любовь Олеговна, Климова Ирина Владимировна
Владимир Климов

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This is the english translation:

"...Meanwhile, Klimov's OKB was conducting new developments, confirming or refuting the working hypotheses put forward by the designers. The M-106P engine, created back in 1941, was being finalized, with a boost boost compared to the M-105PF. The M-106P successfully passed 100-hour state tests. During the design of this engine, a talented engineer and future general designer of the Leningrad experimental plant, Sergei Petrovich Izotov, distinguished himself by proposing several rationalization inventions. But, despite its outstanding data and complete interchangeability with the M-105PF, the M-106P engine did not go into large-scale production. The reason was simple: lack of production capacity. It was possible to put the M-106P into production only by reducing the output of serial modifications of the M-105 engine and slowing down the development of the more powerful M-107 engine in serial production.

In 1943, another experimental modification of the engine was manufactured – VK-107U with 1875 hp takeoff power, which was tested on the experimental fighter Yak-9U. The highly boosted engine caused a tense thermal balance, it became very hot in the cabin. Ultimately, the engine and the aircraft had no continuation.

The VK-107A became the last serial piston engine developed by V. Ya. Klimov...."

We know that the Yak-9U existed in two versions (with different engines), so I think the authors refer to a not dveloped third Yak-9U variant.
 
There is a small paragraph on VK-107U (ВК-107У) here, taken from this book:

Kalinina Lyubov Olegovna, Klimova Irina Vladimirovna
Vladimir Klimov

Калинина Любовь Олеговна, Климова Ирина Владимировна
Владимир Климов

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This is the english translation:

"...Meanwhile, Klimov's OKB was conducting new developments, confirming or refuting the working hypotheses put forward by the designers. The M-106P engine, created back in 1941, was being finalized, with a boost boost compared to the M-105PF. The M-106P successfully passed 100-hour state tests. During the design of this engine, a talented engineer and future general designer of the Leningrad experimental plant, Sergei Petrovich Izotov, distinguished himself by proposing several rationalization inventions. But, despite its outstanding data and complete interchangeability with the M-105PF, the M-106P engine did not go into large-scale production. The reason was simple: lack of production capacity. It was possible to put the M-106P into production only by reducing the output of serial modifications of the M-105 engine and slowing down the development of the more powerful M-107 engine in serial production.

In 1943, another experimental modification of the engine was manufactured – VK-107U with 1875 hp takeoff power, which was tested on the experimental fighter Yak-9U. The highly boosted engine caused a tense thermal balance, it became very hot in the cabin. Ultimately, the engine and the aircraft had no continuation.

The VK-107A became the last serial piston engine developed by V. Ya. Klimov...."

We know that the Yak-9U existed in two versions (with different engines), so I think the authors refer to a not dveloped third Yak-9U variant.
Thank you! The VK-108 (even with all its faults) seems to be a better design choice then. I wonder why only the Yak-3 was tested with it and not the Yak-9U/P.
 

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