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The M-17 V-type piston engine was a licensed copy of the German BMW VI, modified by A. Mikulin.
It was a 12-cylinder, four-stroke, V-type piston engine with a 60-degree cylinder angle, individual cylinders, air-cooled, and producing 680 horsepower. It entered production in 1930 at Factory No. 26 in Rybinsk. A total of 27,534 units were produced (according to other sources, 27,279 units).
The engine equipped aircraft such as the I-3, I-7, TB-1, TB-3, R-5, R-6, MBR-2, K-5, PS-9, and PS-89 (ZiG-89), as well as experimental and prototype aircraft including the TSh-1, TSh-1-1, G-37, MI-3, and MI-3D. It was also used in aircraft under development, such as the MR and G-1 (“Gigant”).
Technical specifications
| DESIGNER | A. Mikulin |
| COUNTRY | Russia |
| TYPE |
Piston engine
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| Installed On (aerial means) |
I-3, I-7, TB-1, TB-3, R-5, R-6, MBR-2, K-5, PS-9, PS-89 (ZiG-89), TSh-1, TSh-1-1, G-37, MI-3, MI-3D, MR and G-1.
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| Fuel | Aviation benzene mixture, aviation fuel, Baku gasoline 2nd category, fuel “G' – leaded aviation gasoline. |
| Oil | Mineral oil AAS |
| Cylinder diameter | 160 mm |
| Piston stroke | 190/199 mm |
| Engine displacement | 46,8 l |
| Compression ratio | 6,4 |
| Propeller shaft power, take-off power rating | 500 h.p. (680 h.p.) |
| Rotation speed | 1665 rpm |
| Specific fuel consumption, take-off power rating | - |
| Propeller shaft power, cruise power | - |
| Specific fuel consumption, cruise power | - |
| OVERALL DIMENSIONS | |
| Diameter | - |
| Height | 1123 mm |
| Width | 844 mm |
| Length | 1970 mm |
| WEIGHT | |
| Engine weight | 540 - 553 kg |
| Specified service life | - |
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