Tumansky R-29

R-29
Tumansky R-29-300 on display at the Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim
Type Turbojet
Manufacturer Tumansky, UMPO, MMP Chernyshev, AMNTK Sojuz
First run 1972
Major applications MiG-23
Developed from Tumansky R-27
Developed into Tumansky R-35

The Tumansky R-29 is a Soviet turbojet aircraft engine that was developed in the early 1970s.[1] It is generally described as being in the "third generation" of Soviet gas turbine engines which are characterized by high thrust-to-weight ratios and the use of turbine air cooling.[2]

  1. ^ Gunston 1989, p. 168.
  2. ^ Sosounov, V.A. (1990). The Development of Aircraft Power Plant Construction in the USSR and the 60th Anniversary of CIAM. AlAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 26th Joint Propulsion Conference, July 16–18, 1990. Orlando, Florida. AIAA-90-2761.