The Kolesov RD-36 was a

supersonic Supersonic speed is the speed of an object that exceeds the speed of sound ( Mach 1). For objects traveling in dry air of a temperature of 20 °C (68 °F) at sea level, this speed is approximately . Speeds greater than five times ...

turbojet engine 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 airliner, supersonic passenger airliner designed by Tupolev in operation from 1968 to 1999. The Tu-144 was the world's first commercial sup ...

D supersonic passenger aircraft. A simplified modification with a fixed nozzle for the high-altitude Myasishchev M-17 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 Supercruise is sustained supersonic flight of a supersonic aircraft with a useful cargo, passenger, or weapons load without using afterburner (also known as "reheat"). Many supersonic military aircraft are not capable of supercruise and can only m ...

= 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 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 ai ...

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 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 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 desig ...

Applications

Tupolev Tu-148 The Tupolev Tu-28 (NATO reporting name Fiddler) was a long-range interceptor aircraft introduced by the Soviet Union in the 1960s. The official designation was Tu-128, but this designation was less commonly used in the West. It was the largest ...

(RD-36-41) * Sukhoi T-4 (RD-36-41) *

Tupolev Tu-144D 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 ai ...

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Specifications (RD-36-51)

References

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Design and development

Variants

Applications

Specifications (RD-36-51)

See also

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