Anatoly Georgievich 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 №1) and "Spheroplane 2" (Сфероплан №2). He later designed and built agricultural equipment and wind turbines.^[1]

Ufimtsev's inventions

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  Spheroplane 1

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  Schematics of Spheroplane 1

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  Spheroplane 2

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  Wind turbine in Kursk (in work 1931-1936)

References

1. Davydov, G. A. "A. G. Ufimtsev Aviation Engine". Retrieved 2009-08-28.
2. "Большая биографическая энциклопедия - Уфимцев, Анатолий Георгиевич". Retrieved 2009-08-28.
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.