- Shvetsov M-11
The
Shvetsov M-11 was designed under a 1923 competition in theSoviet Union for a new engine to powertrainer aircraft . It is a single-row five-cylinder air-cooled radialpiston engine with aluminum cylinder heads. Uniquely,pushrod s actuating the valves were driven by individualcam s on each cylinder rather than a single central cam. The initial versions of the M-11 suffered from a short service life of only 50 hours. Basic M-11 engine had power output 100 hp (73 kW), newer variant M-11D - 125 hp (92 kW). The ultimate version, M-11FR, introduced in 1946, increased output to 160 hp at 1,900 rpm on takeoff and 140 hp at cruise and had provisions for a variable-pitchpropeller , accessory drive (forvacuum pump s, compressors, generators, etc.) and featured a floatlesscarburetor .M-11 powered a number of aircraft, including
Polikarpov Po-2 ,Yakovlev UT-1 ,Yakovlev UT-2 ,Yakovlev Yak-6 ,Yakovlev Yak-12 ,Yakovlev Yak-18 andMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-8 . It also powered the PolishLWD Junak andPZL S-4 Kania . M-11 remained in production until 1952 with an estimated total of over 100,000 engines made. Several hundreds were manufactured under license in Polish WSK-Kalisz works inKalisz (M-11D and M-11FR-1).pecifications (M-11)
pistonspecs
type=5-cylinder air-cooledradial engine
bore=125mm (4.92 in)
stroke=140mm (5.51 in)
displacement=8.6 L (525 in³)
length=
diameter=
width=
height=
weight=165 kg (363 lb)
valvetrain=
supercharger=
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fuelsystem=
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coolingsystem=Air-cooled
power=
*82 kW (110 hp) at 1,650 rpm for takeoff
*75 kW (100 hp) cruise
specpower=9.5 kW/L (0.21 hp/in³)
compression=5.0:1
fuelcon=
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power/weight=0.50 kW/kg (0.30 hp/lb)
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