Engels MI

Infobox Aircraft
name = Engels MI
type = fighter
manufacturer =


caption =
designer = Y.R. Engels
first flight = avyear|1916
introduced = avyear|1920
retired = avyear|1920
status =
primary user = Soviet Air Force
more users = Imperial Russian Air Service
produced =
number built = 4
unit cost =
variants with their own articles =

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 floatation 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 placen 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

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Specifications

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop
crew=One
span main=9.00 m
span alt=29 ft 6⅓ in
area main=14.20m²
area alt= 152.85 ft²
length main=7.50m
length alt=24 ft 7¼ in
height main=
height alt=
empty weight main=385 kg
empty weight alt=849 lb
loaded weight main=555 kg
loaded weight alt=1,224 lb
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engine (prop)=Gnome-Monosoupape
type of prop=rotary engine
number of props=1
power main=75 kW
power alt=100 hp
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range main=
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ceiling main=
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guns=1 x fixed forward firing 7.62mm Maxim gun

Bibliography

* William Green and Gordon Swanborough. "The Complete Book of Fighters". Colour Library Direct, Godalming, UK: 1994. ISBN 1-85833-777-1.