The Kolesov RD-36 was a
supersonic turbojet engine
The turbojet is an airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft. It consists of a gas turbine with a propelling nozzle. The gas turbine has an air inlet which includes inlet guide vanes, a compressor, a combustion chamber, and ...
used on various Soviet aircraft projects.
Design and development
Developed at
OKB-36 (P. A. Kolesov) and produced at the
Rybinsk Motor-Building Plant. The RD-36-51A engine was developed for the
Tu-144
The Tupolev Tu-144 (russian: Tyполев Ту-144; NATO reporting name: Charger) is a Soviet supersonic passenger airliner designed by Tupolev in operation from 1968 to 1999.
The Tu-144 was the world's first commercial supersonic transport ...
D supersonic passenger aircraft. A simplified modification with a fixed nozzle for the high-altitude
Myasishchev M-17
The Myasishchev M-55 (NATO reporting name: ''Mystic-B'') is a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft developed by OKB Myasishchev in the Soviet Union, similar in mission to the Lockheed ER-2, but with a twin boom fuselage and tail surface desi ...
was designated RD-36-51B. The engine develops a thrust of .
The RD36-51A engine passed all state bench and flight tests in 1973–75 (with flight testing on the Tu-144D). The engine's specifications were:
* Maximum thrust at take-off =
* Maximum thrust during
supersonic cruise = altitude = , speed =
* Maximum thrust during subsonic cruise= altitude = , speed =
* Temperature =
* Diameter =
* Length =
* Mass =
For the high-altitude
M-17 "Stratosphera" aircraft (NATO reporting name Mystic-A) a single-shaft TRD RD36-51B was created—a modification of the RD36-51A engine with an unregulated nozzle and oxygen supply to the combustion chamber. The engine provides long-term operation at an altitude of at low flight speed (M = 0.6).
* P =
* With beats. vsl. = 0,88 kg / kgf • h.
RD-36-51A / B are released in a small series (about 50 pieces).
Variants
;RD-36-41:Created on the basis of the engine '' '
VD-19' ''.
[ " Aviation and Cosmonautics" No. 9–10 / 2001 // V. Rigmant "Long-range supersonic anti-aircraft fighters Tupolev interceptors "]
Thrust –
;RD-36-51: This engine was a replacement for the
Kuznetsov NK-144
The Kuznetsov NK-144 is an afterburning turbofan engine made by the Soviet Kuznetsov Design Bureau. Used on the early models of the Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic aircraft, it was very inefficient and was replaced with the Kolesov RD-36-51
The Ko ...
turbofan used on the
Tu-144D SST, giving an increase in full payload range from 3,080km to 5,330km.
[ It is recognizable by the translating-plug variable-area nozzle.][
;RD-36-51A:The RD-36-51A produced thrust at take-off and had a cruise ]thrust-specific fuel consumption
Thrust-specific fuel consumption (TSFC) is the fuel efficiency of an engine design with respect to thrust output. TSFC may also be thought of as fuel consumption (grams/second) per unit of thrust (newtons, or N), hence ''thrust-specific''. This fig ...
of 1.22 kg/( kgf. h).[Tupolev Tu-144, Gordon, Komissarov and Rigmant 2015,Schiffer Publishing Ltd., , p.248] which gave the aircraft a maximum range of 6,500 km.
;RD-36-51B:Non-afterburning turbojet for use in high-altitude reconnaissance/research aircraft, such as the Myasishchev M-17 Stratosphera.
Applications
* Tupolev Tu-148 (RD-36-41)Sukhoi T-4
The Sukhoi T-4, or "Aircraft 100", or "Project 100", or "Sotka" was a Soviet high-speed reconnaissance, anti-ship and strategic bomber aircraft that did not proceed beyond the prototype stage. It is sometimes called the Su-100.
Design and devel ...
(RD-36-41)
* Tupolev Tu-144D (RD-36-51A)
* Myasishchev M-17 Stratosphera (RD-36-51B)
Specifications (RD-36-51)
See also
References
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Soviet and Russian aircraft engines
1960s turbojet engines