Anatoly Georgievich Ufimtsev
Russian engineer and aviation pioneer
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| Intro | Russian engineer and aviation pioneer | |
| Places | Russia | |
| was | Engineer Aerospace engineer | |
| Work field | Engineering Science | |
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| Birth | 24 November 1880, Kursk, Russia | |
| Death | 10 July 1936Kursk, Russia (aged 55 years) | |
| Star sign | Sagittarius |
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Biography
Anatoly Georgievich Ufimtsev (Russian: Анатолий Георгиевич Уфимцев) (1880-1936) was a Russian engineer and aviation pioneer. He was born in Kursk. He invented a radial engine for which he received a Russian patent and designed his own vehicles "Spheroplane 1" (Сфероплан No.1) and "Spheroplane 2" (Сфероплан No.2). He later designed and built agricultural equipment and wind turbines.
Ufimtsev's inventions
Spheroplane 1
Schematics of Spheroplane 1
Spheroplane 2
Wind turbine in Kursk (in work 1931-1936)