Polikarpov I-185

Polikarpov I-185
Side view of the I-185 with a M-71 engine
Role	Fighter Type of aircraft
National origin	Soviet Union
Manufacturer	Polikarpov
First flight	11 January 1941
Status	Cancelled
Number built	4
Developed from	Polikarpov I-180

The Polikarpov I-185 was a Soviet fighter aircraft designed in 1940. It was flown with three engines but all of them were either insufficiently developed for service use or their full production was reserved for other fighters already in production. The I-185 program was cancelled on 27 January 1943. Engines used with the I-185 included the Shevstov M-71, which was more prominent and the Shevstov M-82, which was also used on Lavochkin La-5 fighters. Only a few M-82 variants were produced.