Development of the TV-022 began in 1947[2] at the State Union Experimental Plant No.

[3] A team of both Soviet and deported German engineers worked on the project.

[1] The TV-022 featured a reduction gearbox (i=0.145)[1] for two coaxial contra-rotating AB-41 propellers.

[1] The engine was started with a 50 kW "Rut" air starter.

[2] Data from Otechestvennaya aviatsionno-kosmicheskaya tekhnika - SAMARSKIY NTK,[1] and engine.aviaport.ru[4] Comparable engines Related lists