Engineering:Engels MI
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| Engels MI | |
|---|---|
| Role | fighter |
| Designer | Y.R. Engels |
| First flight | 1916 |
| Introduction | 1920 |
| Retired | 1920 |
| Primary users | Soviet Air Force Imperial Russian Air Service |
| Number built | 4 |
The Engels MI was a Russian floatplane/fighter developed in 1916. It was a parasol cantilever flying boat with a V-Section hull, and downswept wingtips incorporating flotation chambers.
Production history
In 1916 the Russian government expressed a need for a flying counter-float-plane against the German Albatros W 4. Y.E. Engels came up with the Engels MI, and after initial testing an order for 50 was placed on 27 April 1917. Only three were produced by October 1917, and as a result production quietly stopped.
Operational history
One aircraft survived the Russian Revolution, and was delivered to the Naval Aviation School at Nizhny Novgorod in 1920.
List of operators
Russian Empire
- Imperial Russian Air Service
Soviet Union
Specifications
Data from The Complete Book of Fighters[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 9 m (29 ft 6 in)
- Wing area: 14.2 m2 (153 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 385 kg (849 lb)
- Gross weight: 555 kg (1,224 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Gnome Monosoupape 9 Type B-2 9-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine, 75 kW (101 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch pusher propeller
Performance
- Wing loading: 39.2 kg/m2 (8.0 lb/sq ft)
- Power/mass: 0.18 hp/kg
Armament
- Guns: 1 x fixed forward firing 7.62mm Maxim gun
References
- ↑ Green, William; Swanborough, Gordon (1994). The Complete Book of Fighters. London: Salamander. p. 193. ISBN 1-85833-777-1.
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