R-29 | |
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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]