NPO Molniya Aircraft

[hesham]

Hi,

Molniya (Lightning) design bureau organised 1976 at MAPO (Moscow Aviation Production Organization) to produce reusable aerospace vehicle inspired by NASA Shuttle. MAPO traditionally a MiG factory, and Mikoyan already responsible for much _ space-related work, including MiG-105. General Designer Gleb Ye.
Lozino-Lozinskii (ex-MiG). Work in partnership with NPO ‘Energiya’ named for S. P. Korolyev at Kaliningrad, producer of launcher. In 1989 became NPO Molniya engaged in civil Konversiya projects.

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[Apophenia]

Hi,

Molniya (Lightning) design bureau organised 1976 at MAPO (Moscow Aviation Production Organization) to produce reusable aerospace vehicle inspired by NASA Shuttle. MAPO traditionally a MiG factory, and Mikoyan already responsible for much _ space-related work, including MiG-105. General Designer Gleb E. Lozino-Lozinskii (ex-MiG). Work in partnership with NPO ‘Energiya’ Imeni S. P. Korolyev at Kaliningrad, producer of launcher. In 1989 became NPO Molniya engaged in civil Konversiya projects.

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Gleb Lozino-Lozinskiy's patronymic was Yevgenyevich. So please change his initial from the cyrillic E to a transliterated Ye.

As for your "NPO ‘Energiya’ Imeni S. P. Korolyev", as you have been told before, имени (imeni) is not a given name. Usually assigned the Russian abbreviation им., имени simply means 'named' (as in 'named after' or 'named for').

His proper name was Sergei Pavlovich Korolev. For completeness: Ракетно-космическая корпорация «Энергия» им. С. П. Королёва (Raketno-kosmicheskaya korporatsiya «Energiya» im. S. P. Korolova) translates as the Rocket and Space Corporation "Energia" named after S.P. Korolev.

BTW: Both Lozino-Lozinskiy and Korolev were born in Ukraine.

 

[hesham]

Here we go,

- Molniya-1 was a low-wing twin boom multi-purpose light
transport aircraft,powered by one M-14PM-1 engine
- Molniya-1 (011) was a westernized model with 350 hp Lycoming
TIO-540 HO6 & Bendix King avionics
- Molniya-1 (012) was a domestic model with 360 hp Vedeneyev M-14P
radial and Russian avionics
- Molniya-1 (015) was an export model with Vedeneyev M-14P (or
Μ-14NTK) and Bendix King avionic
- Molniya-1 (017) was an export modification; liquid-cooled 350 hp
Teledyne Continental TSIOL-550 HO6
- Molniya-1 (022) was adeveloped version,but powered by twin
engined,driving through combing gearbox to single propeller,
powered by two 210 hp engines
- Molniya-2 was a twin engined version of Molniya-1,powered by two
180 hp piston engines,project
- Molniya-3 was a modification with Allison 250 B17 series turbofan
engine,project only
- Molniya-4 -------?
- Molniya-5 was a variant of Molniya-1,intended for FPS (Federal
Border Service),for border patrol duties
- Molniya-100 was a low-wing triplane multi-purpose light transport
project,basic 2+15 seat,powered by two M-14PM pusher engines
- Molniya-300 was a pressurized version of Molniya-100,with the
same fuselage,but new wing and tail,accommodated 6-seat,project
- Molniya-338 was mentioned in a Russian site,but no more details
- Molniya-400 was a larger triple-decker multi-role medium transport
project,powered by two PS-90A turbofan engines
- Molniya-1000 Gerakl was a giant triple-decker freighter, hanging
payload or pod under arched centreline between twin slim fuselages
carrying lifting foreplane,powered by six D-18T turbofan engines
- Ladoga-6 was a cantileveer high-wing light amphibian monoplane,
powered by two 220 hp APD-3200 engines,project
- Ladoga-9I was a cantilever high-wing light amphibian all-metal
monoplane,powered two 800 hp turboprop engines,project
- Ladoga-9UV was a high-wing V/STOL amphibian monoplane project,
poered by two 1250 hp turboprop engines,and had a Tilt-Rotor shape
- Mercury-M was a tri-surface cargo/passenger and excutive aircraft
project,powered by two turbofan engines,and could accommodated 26
seat
- Vityaz was a twin fuselage heavy lift tri-surface configuration,powered by
four Saturn AL-34(-1?), the world's first turboprop engine with a recuperator
for recovering and reusing waste heat from combustion
- Aist-2 was a high-wing light transport monoplane project,powered by
two engines
- Molniya


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[Apophenia]

...
- Molniya-1 (011) ...

Molniya-1 is the actual designation. Your "Molniya-1 (011)" is not a designation - it is the construction number (more accurately, Molniya-1-011).

Similar msns are listed on the kupichic.ru page - Molniya-1-012, '1-015, and '1-017. Those particular msn were noted because they indicate engine changes and/or other modifications. These were:

- Molniya-1-011: Westernized model with 350 hp Lycoming TIO-540 HO6 & Bendix King avionics
- Molniya-1-012: Domestic model with 360 hp Vedeneyev M-14P radial and Russian avionics
- Molniya-1-015: Export model with Vedeneyev M-14P (or Μ-14NTK) and Bendix King avionics
- Molniya-1-017: Export modification; liquid-cooled 350 hp Teledyne Continental TSIOL-550 HO6

And, FWIW, @dan_inbox has just supplied an image of the Molniya-2. This shows twin 180 hp engines mounted above the wing, each engine with its own 3-bladed pusher prop. Perhaps the Molniya-2 that you described - "Molniya-2 (022)" - with twin 210 hp engines driving a single prop through a combining gearbox - was a later concept?
-- https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/molniya-400.8777/#post-772586

For the Molniya-5, the FPS you mention stands for the Федеральная пограничная служба (Federal'naya pogranichnaya sluzhba) or Federal Border Service. Therefore, presumably, the Molniya-5 was another Molniya-1 derivative - this time optimised for border patrol duties.

You should perhaps also note that the Russian useage of триплан (triplan) does not mean what 'triplane' suggests in English. Rather than a 'triple-decker', it refers to three surfaces - wings, canard, and more conventional tailplane.

 

[hesham]

OK my dear Apophenia,I will re-set it,and many thanks.

 

[Apophenia]

...
- Molniya-1 (022) was adeveloped version,but powered by twin engined,driving through combing gearbox to single propeller,powered by two 210 hp engines
- Molniya-2 was a twin engined version of Molniya-1,powered by two 180 hp piston engines,project
...

I'm not sure that you can safely say either of the above. When I wrote: "Perhaps the Molniya-2 that you described - "Molniya-2 (022)" - with twin 210 hp engines driving a single prop through a combining gearbox - was a later concept?", I tried to make clear that this was entirely speculative.

If you can confirm your "Molniya-2 (022)", I would suggest that this construction number followed on from the Molniya-1 series. Without confirmation, it remains speculative. That said, I can find no evidence whatsoever for your new "Molniya-1 (022)".

And, please, could you correct your original post. As pointed out, "NPO ‘Energiya’ Imeni S. P. Korolyev" would translate as 'NPO ‘Energiya’ named for S. P. Korolyev'. If, for some inexplicable reason, you wish to retain your transliterated имени, then note the lower case и.

 

[hesham]

If you can confirm your "Molniya-2 (022)", I would suggest that this construction number followed on from the Molniya-1 series. Without confirmation, it remains speculative. That said, I can find no evidence whatsoever for your new "Molniya-1 (022)".

It's not a speculation at all,it's real one,and from,
The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875-1995

 

[Apophenia]

It's not a speculation at all,it's real one,and from, The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875-1995

Thanks. I asked for confirmation and you have given it ... to a degree ('Molniya-1' being implied by the msn used as a 'designation').

Thanks too for changing "Imeni".

 

[hesham]

I complete it.

 

[hesham]

- Molniya-338 was mentioned in a Russian site,but no more details

Also from old Russian site.