The Mikulin AM-3 (also called RD-3M) was a
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 developed in the
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
by
Alexander Mikulin
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Mikulin (; 14 February 1895 – 13 May 1985) was a Soviet aircraft engine designer and chief designer in the Mikulin OKB. His achievements include the first Soviet liquid-cooled aircraft piston engine, the Mikulin AM-34 ...
.
[Gunston 1989, p. 104.]
Design and development
The development of the high-performance single-shaft engine began in 1948. The engine was used in different versions for the
Tupolev Tu-16
The Tupolev Tu-16 (USAF/DOD reporting name Type 39; NATO reporting name: Badger) is a twin-engined jet strategic heavy bomber used by the Soviet Union. It has been flown for almost 70 years. While many aircraft in Soviet service were retired af ...
and
Tu-104, as well as the
Myasishchev M-4
The Myasishchev M-4 ''Molot'' (), USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 37", Air Standardization Coordinating Committee, ASCC reporting name Bison) was a four-engined strategic bomber designed by Myasishchev, Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev and manufa ...
. It had a single-stage low-pressure and an eight-stage high-pressure compressor, powered by a two-stage high-pressure turbine.
Variants
;AM-3: first series version
;AM-3A:
;AM-3D: Version for M-4 with thrust
;AM-3M-200: AM-3M-500, AM-3M-500A: developed further versions with
;WP-8: Chinese copy of the AM-3 with thrust for the
Xian H-6
The Xi'an H-6 ( zh, c=轰-6, p=Hōng-6) is a twin-engine jet bomber of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). The H-6 is a license-built version of the Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 and remains the primary bomber aircraft of the People ...
(reproduction of the Tu-16)
Specifications
See also
References
;Notes
;Bibliography
* Gunston, Bill. ''World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines''. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989.
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1950s turbojet engines
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