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 TsIAM (1931–38 and in 1940), and at the aircraft-engine plant N 29, in Zaporozhye. 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, Lenin Order 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 - higher power version of M-85 with increased supercharging and a higher compression ratio * Tumansky M-87 - improved M-86 with more power * Tumansky M-88 - improved M-87 with more power *

Tumansky M-89 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 ...

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

Tumansky M-92 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 ...

- 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 - a twin-spool, axial-flow non-afterburning turbojet engine * Tumansky R-13 - a twin-spool, axial-flow afterburning turbojet engine designed by Sergei Alekseevich Gavrilov, developed from the R-11 * Tumansky R-15 - an axial-flow, single shaft afterburning turbojet * Tumansky R-21 - projected twin-spool, axial-flow afterburning turbojet based on the R-11 * Tumansky R-25 - a twin-spool, axial-flow afterburning turbojet engine, the ultimate development of the Tumansky R-11 *

Tumansky R-29 The Tumansky R-29 is a Soviet turbojet aircraft engine that was developed in the early 1970s. It is generally described as being in the "third generation" of Soviet gas turbine engines which are characterized by high thrust-to-weight ratios and t ...

Awards

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

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(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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