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Engels MI

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Wingspan
  
9 m

Introduced
  
1920

Length
  
7.5 m

Retired
  
1920

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.

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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

 Russian Empire
  • Imperial Russian Air Service
  •  Soviet Union
  • Soviet Air Force
  • Specifications

    General characteristics

  • Crew: One
  • Length: 7.50m (24 ft 7¼ in)
  • Wingspan: 9.00 m (29 ft 6⅓ in)
  • Height: ()
  • Wing area: 14.20m² (152.85 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 385 kg (849 lb)
  • Loaded weight: 555 kg (1,224 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Gnome Monosoupape 9 Type B-2 rotary engine, 75 kW (100 hp)
  • Performance

    Armament

  • Guns: 1 x fixed forward firing 7.62mm Maxim gun
  • References

    Engels MI Wikipedia