Rolls-Royce Nene engine

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centrifugal-flow turbojet turbojet engine

The Rolls-Royce Nene engine is a pioneering late-1940s British centrifugal-flow turbojet whose powerful, compact design significantly advanced early jet aircraft performance and was widely exported and copied worldwide.

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Label Occurrences
Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet 3
Rolls-Royce Nene 2
Rolls-Royce Nene (structural and materials changes) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf centrifugal-flow turbojet ⓘ
turbojet engine ⓘ
application carrier-based jet aircraft ⓘ
land-based jet fighters ⓘ
compressorType single-stage centrifugal compressor ⓘ
configuration single-spool ⓘ
cooling air-cooled turbine ⓘ
copiedAs Klimov RD-45 ⓘ
copiedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
derivative Klimov VK-1 ⓘ
designer Stanley Hooker ⓘ
enteredService late 1940s ⓘ
era post-World War II ⓘ
exportedTo Argentina ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
family Rolls-Royce aircraft engines ⓘ
surface form: Rolls-Royce jet engines
firstRunDate 1944 ⓘ
followedBy Rolls-Royce Tay (turbofan family, conceptually) ⓘ
fuelType kerosene jet fuel ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the most powerful early production centrifugal-flow turbojets ⓘ
significantly advanced early jet aircraft performance ⓘ
widely exported and license-built worldwide ⓘ
influenced early jet fighter development worldwide ⓘ
licenseBuiltAs RD-20 turbojet ⓘ
surface form: Klimov RD-45

Pratt & Whitney J42 ⓘ
manufacturer Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ
notableFeature compact design ⓘ
high thrust-to-weight ratio for its time ⓘ
pioneering centrifugal-flow layout ⓘ
precededBy Rolls-Royce Derwent ⓘ
role military jet engine ⓘ
trainer aircraft engine ⓘ
thrustClass approximately 22 kN ⓘ
around 5,000 lbf ⓘ
timePeriod early 1950s ⓘ
late 1940s ⓘ
turbineType single-stage axial turbine ⓘ
usedIn Canadair CT-133 Silver Star ⓘ
surface form: Canadair CT-133 Silver Star (Nene-powered variants)

Grumman F9F Panther ⓘ
Hawker Sea Hawk ⓘ
de Havilland Vampire ⓘ
de Havilland Venom ⓘ
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 ⓘ
surface form: early Soviet MiG-15 (via Klimov VK-1 derivative)

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rolls-Royce Limited → notableProduct → Rolls-Royce Nene engine ⓘ
Supermarine Attacker → powerplant → Rolls-Royce Nene engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet
Hawker Sea Hawk → powerplant → Rolls-Royce Nene engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet
Rolls-Royce Avon engine → predecessor → Rolls-Royce Nene engine ⓘ
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Nene
Klimov VK-1 → basedOn → Rolls-Royce Nene engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Nene
Klimov VK-1 → improvementOver → Rolls-Royce Nene engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Nene (structural and materials changes)
Dassault Ouragan jet fighter program → primaryEngineFamily → Rolls-Royce Nene engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls‑Royce Nene (built under license in France)
Pulqui II jet fighter → powerplant → Rolls-Royce Nene engine ⓘ
subject surface form: Pulqui II
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet