Twelve-cylinder Vee-type supercharged liquid-cooled engine Mikulin AM-38F was used in attack planes Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik. Engine was developed from type AM-38 by increasing performance and reducing of compression ratio from 6,6 to 6,0.
Basic technical specifications of Mikulin AM-38F: |
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| bore: | 154 mm |
| strike: | 160 mm |
| total volume of cylinders: | 46,66 l |
| compression ratio: | 6,0 |
| length x height x width: | 2303 mm x 1050 mm x 762-845 mm |
| dry weight: | 880 kg |
| rpm: | 2350 |
| performance: | 1742 hp (1282 kW) |
Ilyushin Il-2m3, 1st Czechoslovak Air Division, May 1945
(drawing Jaroslav Velc)
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