Anatoly Ufimtsev

Anatoly Georgievich Ufimtsev (Russian: Анатолий Георгиевич Уфимцев) (1880[1]-1936[2]) was a Russian engineer and aviation pioneer. He was born in Kursk. He invented a radial engine for which he received a Russian patent[3] and designed his own vehicles "Spheroplane 1" (Сфероплан No.1) and "Spheroplane 2" (Сфероплан No.2). He later designed and built agricultural equipment and wind turbines.[1]

Ufimtsev's inventions

  • Spheroplane 1
    Spheroplane 1
  • Schematics of Spheroplane 1
    Schematics of Spheroplane 1
  • Spheroplane 2
    Spheroplane 2
  • Wind turbine in Kursk (in work 1931-1936)
    Wind turbine in Kursk (in work 1931-1936)

References

  1. ^ a b Davydov, G. A. "A. G. Ufimtsev Aviation Engine". Retrieved August 28, 2009.
  2. ^ "Большая биографическая энциклопедия - Уфимцев, Анатолий Георгиевич" (in Russian). Retrieved August 28, 2009.
  3. ^ Maurice A. Kelly (2009). Russian Motor Vehicles: The Czarist Period 1784 to 1917. Veloce Publishing Ltd. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-84584-213-0.



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