The Tumansky R-29 is a Soviet
turbojetaircraft 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]
Variants
R-29-300
Original variant. Used in the MiG-23MF and related variants.[3]
R-29B-300
Simplified variant of the engine intended for the
MiG-27.[3]
R-29PN
Advanced variant that replaced the -300 model on non-export aircraft.[3]
R-29BS-300
Variant with modified gearbox. Used in several export variants of the
Sukhoi Su-17.[3]
Khatchaturov R-35-300
Developed version used in late variants of the MiG-23.
Shenyang WP-15
Chinese reverse-engineered copy of the R-29-300.[4]
^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.