Klimov RD-45
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The Klimov RD-45 is a Soviet turbojet engine developed in the late 1940s as an unlicensed copy of the British Rolls-Royce Nene, and used to power early MiG jet fighters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Klimov RD-45 canonical | 2 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft engine
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turbojet engine ⓘ |
| application | fighter aircraft propulsion ⓘ |
| basedOn | Rolls-Royce Nene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| combustionChambers | multiple can-type combustors ⓘ |
| compressorType | centrifugal compressor ⓘ |
| configuration | single-stage turbine ⓘ |
| coolingMethod | air-cooled ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| designGoal | to power early Soviet jet fighters ⓘ |
| developer | Klimov Design Bureau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developmentPeriod | late 1940s ⓘ |
| engineType | single-spool centrifugal-flow turbojet ⓘ |
| era | early Cold War ⓘ |
| firstFlightUse | MiG-15 early flight testing ⓘ |
| fuelType | kerosene jet fuel ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the first mass-produced Soviet jet engines ⓘ |
| introducedFor | first-generation MiG jet fighters ⓘ |
| licenseStatus | unlicensed copy of Rolls-Royce Nene ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Klimov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | direct reverse-engineering of Western jet technology ⓘ |
| productionStatus | out of production ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Klimov VK-1 in later MiG-15 variants ⓘ |
| successor | Klimov VK-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thrustClass | around 22 kN dry thrust ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Soviet Air Forces
NERFINISHED
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Warsaw Pact air forces (via MiG-15 exports) ⓘ |
| usedInAircraft |
Mikoyan-Gurevich I-310 prototypes
NERFINISHED
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis (early examples) NERFINISHED ⓘ Yakovlev Yak-23 (prototypes and tests) ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rolls-Royce Nene