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.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan canonical | 7 |
| Rolls-Royce Spey | 4 |
| Rolls-Royce RB.163 Spey (civil series) | 1 |
| Rolls-Royce Spey 202 | 1 |
| Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engines | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
low-bypass turbofan
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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
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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
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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)
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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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rolls-Royce Conway
this entity surface form:
Rolls-Royce Spey
this entity surface form:
Rolls-Royce Spey
this entity surface form:
Rolls-Royce Spey
this entity surface form:
Rolls-Royce Spey
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)
this entity surface form:
Rolls-Royce Spey 202