Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan

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The Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan is a British low-bypass jet engine widely used from the 1960s in both military and civilian aircraft for its reliability and compact, efficient design.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf low-bypass turbofan
turbofan engine
alsoKnownAs RB.168
application business jets
short-haul airliners
strike aircraft
bypassRatio low bypass ratio
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
designFeature annular combustor
axial-flow compressor
three-stage low-pressure turbine
two-spool design
two-stage high-pressure turbine
enteredService 1964
era Cold War
firstRun 1960
licenseBuiltAs Xian WS-9
manufacturer Rolls-Royce Limited
notableCharacteristic compact design
fuel efficiency for its time
high reliability
notableVariant Spey Mk.101
Spey Mk.202
Spey Mk.202
surface form: Spey Mk.203

Spey Mk.511
Spey Mk.512
Spey Mk.555-15H
relatedEngineFamily Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rolls-Royce RB.163 Spey (civil series)
role civil aircraft engine
military aircraft engine
status largely out of production
successor Rolls‑Royce Tay 620
surface form: Rolls-Royce Tay
support still supported in service by maintenance organizations
thrustClass 9000 to 12000 lbf (civil versions)
up to about 20000 lbf (military afterburning versions)
usedBy Aeronautica Militare
surface form: Italian Air Force

People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
usedIn AMX International
surface form: AMX International AMX

One-Eleven short-haul jet
surface form: BAC One-Eleven

Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer
surface form: Blackburn Buccaneer

Dassault Mercure
Fokker F28
surface form: Fokker F28 Fellowship

Grumman Gulfstream II
Hawker Siddeley Trident
McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
surface form: McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

Saab 37 Viggen
surface form: Saab 37 Viggen (test and development)

RAF VC10
surface form: Vickers VC10 (testbed)

Xian JH-7

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Nimrod MR2 engineType Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
Hawker Siddeley Trident engineType Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 usesEngine Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
Rolls-Royce Conway engine successor Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Conway
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Spey
Fokker F28 powerplant Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
Rolls-Royce aircraft engines notableModel Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Spey
Gulfstream C-20 engineModel Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Spey
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer powerplant Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
AMX A-1 powerplant Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
Trident 2E engineModel Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Spey
MR2 powerplant Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
subject surface form: Nimrod MR2
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engines
Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan relatedEngineFamily Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Spey
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce RB.163 Spey (civil series)
ThrustSSC engineType Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
ThrustSSC engineModel Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Spey 202