Engels MI
# Engels MI

The Engels MI was a Russian floatplane/fighter developed in 1916. It was a parasol cantilever flying boat with a V-Section hull, and downswept wingtips incorporating flotation chambers.

## Production history

In 1916 the Russian government expressed a need for a flying counter-float-plane against the German Albatros W 4. Y.E. Engels came up with the Engels MI, and after initial testing an order for 50 was placed on 27 April 1917. Only three were produced by October 1917, and as a result production quietly stopped.

## Operational history

One aircraft survived the Russian Revolution, and was delivered to the Naval Aviation School at Nizhny Novgorod in 1920.

## List of operators

### Russian Empire

* Imperial Russian Air Service

### Soviet Union

* Soviet Air Force

## Specifications

Data from The Complete Book of Fighters

General characteristics

* Crew: 1
* Length: 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
* Wingspan: 9 m (29 ft 6 in)
* Wing area: 14.2 $m^2$ (153 sq ft)
* Empty weight: 385 kg (849 lb)
* Gross weight: 555 kg (1,224 lb)
* Powerplant: 1 × Gnome Monosoupape 9 Type B-2 9-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine, 75 kW (101 hp)
* Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch pusher propeller

Performance

* Wing loading: 39.2 $kg/m^2$ (8.0 lb/sq ft)
* Power/mass: 0.18 hp/kg

Armament

* Guns: 1 x fixed forward firing 7.62mm Maxim gun
