This is a glossary of acronyms and initials used for aero-engines and aircraft equipment in the Russian Federation and formerly the USSR. The Latin-alphabet names are phonetic representations of the Cyrillic originals, and variations are inevitable.
Aero engines
Aviadvigatel - Aircraft engine
- Accessories gearbox
Avtomaht Tyaghi - auto-throttle
Avtomaticheskiy vint – automatic pitch [propeller]
(suffix) Bezredooktornyy - no reduction gearbox [direct-drive]
- surge prevention system
- booster
Dvigatel - engine
Dopolnityel'nyi Motor – supplementary motor
- diesel Novikov
- supplementary lift engine
Dvukhkonturnyi Turboreaktivnyi Dvigatel – twin-spool gas turbine engine
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(suffix) Ekonomichnyi - economical
(suffix) Forseerovannyi - uprated
Gelikopternyi Turbo-Dvigatel' - helicopter turboshaft
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(suffix/prefix) Korotkoresoorsnyi – short service life
Khimicheskoye Zazhigahniye – chemical ignition
Motornyi – prefix used for many piston engines prior to use of OKB names [ca. 1940]
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Neftyanoy - of crude oil type (diesel engines)
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Opeetnaya Raketa – experimental rocket engine
Opeetnyi Reaktivnyi Motor – experimental reaction motor
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- piston engine
Porokhovoy Raketnyi Dvigatel – gunpowder rocket motor
Porokhovaya Startovaya Raketa – solid fuel rocket booster
- pulsejet
- Ramjet
(suffix) Redooktornyi - geared
Reaktivnyi – jet-propelled
- digital control unit FADEC
Reaktivnyy Dvigatel – jet engine
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Reaktivnyi Dvigatel – jet engine
(suffix) Regoolator Toorbokompressora – Turbo-charger regulator
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(suffix) Sdoov [Pogranichnovo Sloya] – boundary layer blowing/control
Stendovyy – test-bed engine
Sistema Izmereniya Otnosheniya Davleniya – pressure-ratio measurement system
Startovyi Porohovoi Raketny Dvigatel – RATOG rocket assisted take off gear / JATO jet assisted take-off
- APU
(suffix) Toorbokompressor - turbocharger
Toorbokompressor Reaktivnyy Dvigatel – gas Turbine reaction engine
Toorboreaktivnyi [Dvigatel] – turbojet engine
- jet engine
- twin-spool turbojet
ToorboVintovoy – turboprop/turboshaft
ToorboVintovoy Dvigatel – turboprop engine
- turbofan
- Propfan
- booster
Vint F Shaga – variable-pitch propeller
Vint Izmenyayemovo Shaga – constant speed propeller
Vint Postoyannovo Shaga - fixed itch propeller
Vozdooshno-Reaktivnyy Dvigatel – air reaction engine
Vozdushno-Reaktivny Dvigatel Kompressornyi – air reaction compressor jet
Vozdooshnyy Vint - airscew / propeller
Zhidkostnyi Reaktivnyy Dvigatel – liquid fuelled rocket engine
Aero engine design bureaux
Aleksei Dmitriyevich Charomskii
Aleksandr Ivchyenko
Arkhip Mikhailovich Lyul'ka
Mikulin
Mikulin & B.S. Stechkin
Arkadiya Dmitriyevich Shvetsov
Merkulov engines
Soloviev engines
S. S. Balandin
Aleksei Mikhailovich dobrotvorskii
Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov
Soloviev [Aviadvigatel]
Dobrynin engines
Klimov engines
Equipment
1.AFA (AeroFotoApparaht – aerial camera) 2. AviatsionnyFotoApparaht - large reconnaissance cameras)
AeroFotoUStanovka – aerial camera mount)
- engine driven compressor
Avtomaticheskaya Kachayushchayasya AeroFotoUstanovka – automatic tilting camera mount
Aviatsionnaya Katapool'tnaya Oostnovka – aircraft mounted ejector
- hand driven cine camera
Aviasionnoye Mahslo Ghidravlicheskoye – aviation hydraulic fluid
Aviatsionnyy Protivopozharnnyy Opryskivatel – airborne fire-fighting sprayer
Aviatsionnoye Pooskovoye Oostroystvo - missile launch rail
Aviatsionnaya Pooskovay Oostanovka, Odinochnaya [dlya snaryadov kalibra] 212 milimetrov – aircraft mounted launcher, single, for 212mm HVAR's