Ivchenko AI-14 explained
The Ivchenko AI-14 is a nine-cylinder, air-cooled, radial piston engine designed in the Soviet Union to power aircraft.
A variant known as the M462 was produced under license by Avia.
Variants
- AI-14:
AI-14R:Underwent state trials in December 1950 and was used in many types of light aircraft, typically used with a two-bladed propeller and is started with compressed air. Several thousand were built.
AI-14RA
AI-14V: Variant for helicopters and other applications.
AI-14VF: Variant for helicopters and other applications.
AI-14RF: A variant uprated by Ivan Vedeneyev to 300 hp. Its further development is the Vedeneyev M14P family of engines.
Avia M462: Powers the Zlín Z 37 agricultural aircraft.
Zhuzhou HS-6: The designation for AI-14 Licence production in China.
PZL AI-14R: A licensed version of the AI-14R, produced by WSK-Kalisz in Poland from 1956 until 2007.
Applications
See also
References
- Book: Gunston, Bill . World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines . 1986 . Patrick Stephens . Wellingborough . 93.
- Book: Taylor, John W.R. . Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982-83. . 1982 . Jane's Publishing Company Ltd . London . 746.
- Book: Kotelnikov, Vladimir . Russian Piston Aero Engines. 2005 . Crowood Press Ltd.. 201–203.