Klimov TV3-117
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The Klimov TV3-117 is a Soviet-designed turboshaft engine widely used in military and civilian helicopters, known for its reliability and extensive service in aircraft such as the Mi-8/17 series.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Klimov TV3-117 canonical | 2 |
| Klimov TV2-117 turboshaft (early variants) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6348455 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Klimov TV3-117 Context triple: [Mi-17, engineModel, Klimov TV3-117]
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A.
Klimov VK‑105PF‑2
The Klimov VK‑105PF‑2 was a Soviet liquid-cooled V-12 piston aircraft engine widely used in World War II fighters.
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B.
Klimov VK-1
The Klimov VK-1 is a Soviet turbojet engine developed in the early Cold War era, widely used to power fighter aircraft such as the MiG-15 and MiG-17.
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C.
Aviadvigatel PS-90A
The Aviadvigatel PS-90A is a Russian high-bypass turbofan engine widely used on modernized Soviet-era airliners such as the Ilyushin Il-96 and Tupolev Tu-204.
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D.
Klimov RD-45
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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E.
Ivchenko AI-25
The Ivchenko AI-25 is a Soviet-designed low-bypass turbofan engine widely used to power regional jets and trainer aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Klimov TV3-117 Target entity description: The Klimov TV3-117 is a Soviet-designed turboshaft engine widely used in military and civilian helicopters, known for its reliability and extensive service in aircraft such as the Mi-8/17 series.
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A.
Klimov VK‑105PF‑2
The Klimov VK‑105PF‑2 was a Soviet liquid-cooled V-12 piston aircraft engine widely used in World War II fighters.
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B.
Klimov VK-1
The Klimov VK-1 is a Soviet turbojet engine developed in the early Cold War era, widely used to power fighter aircraft such as the MiG-15 and MiG-17.
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C.
Aviadvigatel PS-90A
The Aviadvigatel PS-90A is a Russian high-bypass turbofan engine widely used on modernized Soviet-era airliners such as the Ilyushin Il-96 and Tupolev Tu-204.
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D.
Klimov RD-45
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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E.
Ivchenko AI-25
The Ivchenko AI-25 is a Soviet-designed low-bypass turbofan engine widely used to power regional jets and trainer aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft engine
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turboshaft engine ⓘ |
| applicationType |
civilian helicopters
ⓘ
military helicopters ⓘ |
| configuration | two-shaft turboshaft ⓘ |
| coolingSystem | axial-centrifugal compressor with annular combustor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| designer | Klimov Design Bureau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFor | Mil Mi-24 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fuelType | jet fuel ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor | VK-2500 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
TV3-117V
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
TV3-117VM NERFINISHED ⓘ TV3-117VMA NERFINISHED ⓘ TV3-117VMA-SB3 NERFINISHED ⓘ TV3-117VMAR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Klimov
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Motor Sich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high reliability
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suitability for harsh environments ⓘ wide operational use ⓘ |
| notablePlatformFamily | Mi-8/17 series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerOutputClass | approximately 1,900–2,200 shaft horsepower ⓘ |
| primaryApplication | helicopter propulsion ⓘ |
| regionOfUse |
Africa
NERFINISHED
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Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Russian Aerospace Forces
NERFINISHED
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Soviet Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Ukrainian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ various export operators worldwide ⓘ |
| usedIn |
HAL Dhruv (early prototypes)
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Harbin Z-9 (licensed variants) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamov Ka-27 NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamov Ka-29 NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamov Ka-32 NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamov Ka-50 NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamov Ka-52 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mil Mi-14 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mil Mi-17 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mil Mi-24 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mil Mi-28 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mil Mi-38 prototypes ⓘ Mil Mi-8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Klimov TV3-117 Description of subject: The Klimov TV3-117 is a Soviet-designed turboshaft engine widely used in military and civilian helicopters, known for its reliability and extensive service in aircraft such as the Mi-8/17 series.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mil Mi-8
this entity surface form:
Klimov TV2-117 turboshaft (early variants)
subject surface form:
Kamov Ka-31