Anatoly 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 No.1) and "Spheroplane 2" (Сфероплан No.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)