TsAGI and Bratukhin helicopters


Isacco I-4 Isacco I-4

1935

Vittorio Isacco was Italian designer who worked on a helicopter in USSR 1932-1936. In 1936 ...

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Experimental winged autogiro, similar in layout to Cierva C-19 Mk.III. First Soviet autogiro testbed used ...

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TsAGI 2-EA

1932

TsAGI 2-EA

TsAGI A-4 TsAGI A-4

1932

Designation from Avtozhir (autogyro), decree by NII VVS 1932 for all-Soviet autogyro, and preparations for ...

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Light autogyro designed at OOK by Kuznetsov. First rotary-wing machine with folding blades, and also ...

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TsAGI A-6

1933

TsAGI A-6

TsAGI A-8 TsAGI A-8

1934

First flown 29 June 1934, this was virtually an A-6 with two major alterations: wings ...

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OOK 6th Brigade under Skrzhinskii designed A-10 six-seat transport autogyro with M-22 in 1934 but ...

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TsAGI A-12

1936

TsAGI A-12

TsAGI A-13 TsAGI A-13

1936

Two-seat liaison machine developed from A-6 and A-8. Direct-control inclined rotor with folding blades ...

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Intended as fastest autogyro of day, two-seat wingless machine using A-12 and A-14 technology and ...

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TsAGI A-15

1937

TsAGI A-15

TsAGI 1-EA TsAGI 1-EA

1930

Basic experimental helicopter with 4-blade main rotor and four small 2-blade anti-rotation propellers (with variable ...

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Pavel Ivanovich Ekonomov, profesional aviation carpenter and joiner, was a prolific inventorand made various propositions ...

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Ekonomov "Zhiroplan"

1936

Ekonomov "Zhiroplan"

TsAGI 3-EA TsAGI 3-EA

1933

Second helicopter built 1933 for training pilots. Similar to 1-EA and same data. Never flown ...

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Broadly similar to predecessors, incorporated new rotor proposed by I.P.Bratukhin with three large blades with ...

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TsAGI 5-EA

1933

TsAGI 5-EA

TsAGI 11-EA TsAGI 11-EA

1936

Designed 1934, this used Bratukhin’s rotor with alternate large articulated blades and small rigid blades ...

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Designed 1934, this used Bratukhin’s rotor with alternate large articulated blades and small rigid blades ...

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TsAGI 11-EA PV

1940

TsAGI 11-EA PV

Bratukhin "Omega" Bratukhin "Omega"

1941

Also designated 2MG (twin-engined helicopter), this ambitious project was authorised on 27 June 1940 and ...

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Third Bratukhin helicopter, based on G-2 but planned from outset for operational use by VVS ...

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Bratukhin G-3

1946

Bratukhin G-3

Bratukhin G-4 Bratukhin G-4

1947

First Soviet helicopter with engine designed for such duty. Cooling fan and fron gearbox giving ...

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First helicopter designated for Bratukhin himself. Scaled-up derivative of G-4, with slightly more powerful model ...

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Bratukhin B-5

1947

Bratukhin B-5

Bratukhin B-10 Bratukhin B-10

1947

Also designated VNP (Vozdushni Nabludatyelnii Punkt - aerial observation point), this could have been AK-2 ...

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Last design authorized from OKB-3, to provide comparision against Mil and Yak single-rotor submissions to ...

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Bratukhin B-11

1948

Bratukhin B-11

Bratukhin Heavy-lift transport helicopter Bratukhin Heavy-lift transport helicopter

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A project of the heavy cold-cycle tip-jet transport helicopter researched by Ivan Bratukhin and his ...

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Bratukhin Flying crane

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Bratukhin Flying crane

Bratukhin Heavy-lift transport convertiplane Bratukhin Heavy-lift transport convertiplane

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Bratukhin Transport VTOL aircraft

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Bratukhin Transport VTOL aircraft

Bratukhin Tilt-rotor VTOL aircraft Bratukhin Tilt-rotor VTOL aircraft

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