Ivchenko AI-14

AI-14/M462
Avia M462 on display at the Museum für Luftfahrt und Technik, Wernigerode
TypeRadial engine
National originSoviet Union
ManufacturerIvchenko design bureau
First run1950
Major applications

The Ivchenko AI-14 (Russian: Ивченко АИ-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

AI-14R engine of a PZL-104 Wilga
Chinese license-built Zhouzhou HS-6A from BAF PT-6A on display at Bangladesh Military Museum

Specifications (Ivchenko AI-14RA)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982-83.

General characteristics

Components

Performance

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Taylor 1982, p. 746.

Bibliography

  • Gunston, Bill (1986). World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens. p. 93.
  • Taylor, John W.R. (1982). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982-83. London: Jane's Publishing Company Ltd. p. 746.
  • Kotelnikov, Vladimir (2005). Russian Piston Aero Engines. Crowood Press Ltd. pp. 201–203.