Vedeneyev,
established by Ivan Vedeneyev, is one of the smaller Design Bureaux of the
former Soviet Union and is based at Veronezh.
The Bureau’s
staple product has been the M14 family of aircraft engines, which was in fact
originally designed by Alexander Ivchenko, at his factory at Zaparozhye in the
Ukraine. His first well-known engine was the AI14, itself the basis of
the current Vedeneyev M14 engine.
The AI14 was
originally produced in the late 1950s as a 260hp and it was from this basis that
Vedeneyev developed the M14P as Ivchenko moved into a range of turbo-fans and
turbo-prop engines.
Vedeneyev’s
first engine was the AI14-RF, producing 300hp, and this in turn led to the M14P,
which has become the most numerous variant.
This in turn has led to helicopter variants, (the M14V), as well as more
powerful versions including the latest M14PF engine producing 400hp, originally
designed for the Sukhoi SU-31, but now being used for a variety of upgrades for
other aircraft originally equipped with the M14P engine.
In addition
Vedeneyev have produced a variety of experimental engines – including
horizontally opposed and in 'X' formation.
As it happens the Bureau’s largest product is of precision gearboxes
for aerospace use, of which they are the leaders in Russia.
Development continues on the M14P – now the only radial engine in production in the world and a new 450hp version is expected to be ready for sale during 2001.
Vedeneyev M14P