Ivchenko AI-14

The Ivchenko AI-14 is a nine-cylinder, air-cooled, radial piston engine designed in the Soviet Union to power aircraft.

AI-14/M462
Avia M462 on display at the Museum für Luftfahrt und Technik, Wernigerode
Type	Radial engine
National origin	Soviet Union
Manufacturer	Ivchenko
First run	1950
Major applications	Antonov An-14 Nanchang CJ-6 PZL-104 Wilga Yakovlev Yak-12 Yakovlev Yak-18

A variant known as the M462 was produced under license by Avia.

Variants

AI-14

AI-14R

Underwent state trials in December 1950 and was used in many types of light aircraft, typically used with a two-bladed propeller and is started with compressed air. Several thousand were built.

AI-14RA

AI-14V

Variant for helicopters and other applications.

AI-14VF

Variant for helicopters and other applications.

AI-14RF

A variant uprated by Ivan Vedeneyev to 300 hp. Its further development is the Vedeneyev M14P family of engines.

Avia M462

Powers the Zlín Z 37 agricultural aircraft.

Zhuzhou HS-6

The designation for AI-14 Licence production in China.

PZL AI-14R

A licensed version of the AI-14R, produced by WSK-Kalisz in Poland from 1956 until 2007.

Applications

AI-14R engine of a PZL-104 Wilga

• Aero L-60 Brigadýr (L-60S variant)
• Antonov An-14 - AI-14RF
• ICA IS-23 - AI-14RF
• Kamov Ka-15 - AI-14V
• Kamov Ka-18 - AI-14VF
• Kamov Ka-26
• Nanchang CJ-6
• PZL-101 Gawron
• PZL-104 Wilga
• Sever-2 (aerosled based on GAZ-M20 Pobeda passenger car)
• Yakovlev Yak-12
• Yakovlev Yak-18 (Yak-18A variant)

Specifications (Ivchenko AI-14RA)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982-83.^[1]

General characteristics

• Type: 9-cylinder, air-cooled, radial, engine
• Bore: 105 mm (4.125 in)
• Stroke: 130 mm (5.125 in)
• Displacement: 10.16 L (620 cu in)
• Length: 956 mm (37.63 in)
• Diameter: 985 mm (38.78 in)
• Dry weight: 197 kg (434 lb)

Components

• Supercharger: Single stage, single speed, geared centrifugal supercharger
• Fuel system: K-14A carburetor
• Oil system: Gear pressure and scavenge pumps
• Cooling system: Air-cooled
• Reduction gear: 0.787:1, left-hand tractor

Performance

• Power output:
  
• Power (take-off): 194 kW (260 hp)
• Power (rated): 164 kW (220 hp)
• Compression ratio: 5.9:1

See also

• List of aircraft engines

References

1. Taylor 1982, p. 746.

• Gunston, Bill (1986). World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens. p. 93.
• Taylor, John W.R. (1982). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982-83. London: Jane's Publishing Company Ltd. p. 746.
• Kotelnikov, Vladimir (2005). Russian Piston Aero Engines. Crowood Press Ltd. pp. 201–203.