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.

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Klimov RD-45 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft engine
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
Warsaw Pact air forces (via MiG-15 exports)
usedInAircraft Mikoyan-Gurevich I-310 prototypes NERFINISHED
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 NERFINISHED
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis (early examples) NERFINISHED
Yakovlev Yak-23 (prototypes and tests)

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Rolls-Royce Nene engine copiedAs Klimov RD-45
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Nene
Klimov VK-1 precededBy Klimov RD-45