The Rolls-Royce/MAN Turbo RB.153 was a high-performance dry thrust
turbofan
The turbofan or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft engine, aircraft propulsion. The word "turbofan" is a portmanteau of "turbine" and "fan": the ''turbo'' portion refers to a gas turbine engine which ac ...
engine developed jointly by
Rolls-Royce Limited
Rolls-Royce was a British luxury car and later an aero-engine manufacturing business established in 1904 in Manchester by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce. Building on Royce's good reputation established with his cranes, they ...
and
MAN Turbo
MAN Turbo AG was a company based in Oberhausen, Germany, that produced turbomachinery, including compressors, expanders, steam and gas turbines. It was owned by the German conglomerate MAN SE. In 2010, MAN Turbo and MAN Diesel were merged to f ...
.
Developed for the German
EWR VJ 101D interceptor with a German-developed thrust-deflector system.
The engine was also proposed for a number of other military
VTOL
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is one that can take off and land vertically without relying on a runway. This classification can include a variety of types of aircraft including helicopters as well as thrust-vectoring fixed-win ...
projects including the
Hawker P.1157 and
Dornier Do 31
The Dornier Do 31 is an experimental vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet-propelled transport designed and produced by West German aircraft manufacturer Dornier.
The development of the Do 31 was motivated principally by heavy interest expre ...
.
[Dornier: die Chronik des ältesten deutschen Flugzeugwerks. Dornier GmbH (Friedrichshafen). Aviatic-Verlag, 1985.][Dow 2009, p. 253.] A commercial-version of the engine was also considered for the Messerschmitt Me P.160 airliner.
The VJ101D project was cancelled and the engine never flew, being retained as a test bed.
Applications
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EWR VJ 101D cancelled.
Specifications
See also
References
;Notes
Turbofan and turbojet engines: database handbook p395 (2007) By Élodie Roux
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1960s turbofan engines
RB153