Kolesov RD-36

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RD-36-51
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RD-36-51 installed on a Tu-144 aircraft
Type Turbojet
National origin Soviet Union
Manufacturer Kolesov Design Bureau
Major applications Tupolev Tu-144

The Kolesov RD-36 was a supersonic turbojet engine used on various Soviet aircraft projects.

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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-144D 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 7,000 kgf (15,000 lbf; 69,000 N). 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: [1]

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 26,000 m (85,000 ft) at low flight speed (M = 0.6).

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' . [2]

Thrust – 16,150 kgf (35,600 lbf; 158,400 N)

RD-36-51
This engine was a replacement for the Kuznetsov NK-144 turbofan used on the Tu-144D SST, giving an increase in full payload range from 3,080km to 5,330km. [3] It is recognizable by the translating-plug variable-area nozzle. [4]
RD-36-51A
The RD-36-51A produced 20,000 kgf (44,000 lbf; 200,000 N) thrust at take-off and had a cruise thrust-specific fuel consumption of 1.22 kg/(kgf. h). [3] 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

Specifications (RD-36-51A)

General characteristics

Components

Performance

See also

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References

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