The Kolesov RD-36 was a supersonic turbojet engine used on various Soviet aircraft projects.
7-628: Developed at OKB-36 (P. A. Kolesov) and produced at the Rybinsk Motor-Building Plant , the RD-36-51A engine was developed for the Tu-144 D supersonic passenger aircraft. A simplified version with a fixed nozzle for the high-altitude Myasishchev M-17 was designated RD-36-51B. The engine developed a thrust of 7,000 kgf (15,000 lbf; 69,000 N). The RD36-51A engine passed all state bench and flight tests in 1973–75 (with flight testing on
14-547: The Admiral Gorshkov and Admiral Grigorovich -class frigates. USC forecast these new engines will be available in 2017-18, allowing ships to be commissioned from 2020. UEC Saturn announced in April 2017 that Saturn's marine turbines are now in production and undergoing sea trials prior to delivery. This is the first venture by a Russian manufacturer into the production of large marine gas turbines, aimed at completely replacing
21-697: The Ilya Muromets aircraft. The company was nationalized in 1918. Rybinsk was originally known as the Kolesov Engine Design Bureau. Kolesov took over the organization from V.A. Dobrynin who founded it in the late 1930s or early 1940s. Under Kolesov's direction, the bureau designed turbojet engines for the Myasishchev M-50 Bounder experimental supersonic bomber, turbojets for the Tu-22 Blinder medium bomber, RD-36-35FVR lift engines for
28-603: The Tupolev Tu-154 . Saturn holds a 50% stake in the PowerJet joint venture with Safran Aircraft Engines . The company, founded by Pavel Soloviev , has its headquarters in the town of Rybinsk . UEC Saturn was established in 2001, following the merger of Rybinsk Motors and Lyulka-Saturn. Rybinsk Motors was established on 20 October 1916 as the Russian Renault automotive plant. In 1917 it started producing aviation engines for
35-865: The Yak-38 Forger, RD-36-51A supersonic engines for the Tu-144 SST, RD-36-51V engines for the Myasishchev M-17 Mystic, and lift engines for the Yak-141 Freestyle. Lyulka-Saturn was named after its founder, A. M. Lyulka . Following the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation , the Ukrainians refused to supply the Russian Navy with marine gas turbines from Zorya-Mashproekt , and so Saturn has been commissioned to design new engines for
42-542: The Tu-144D). The engine's specifications were: For the high-altitude M-17 "Stratosphera" aircraft (NATO reporting name Mystic-A) a single-shaft TRD RD36-51B was created. This was a modified version of the RD36-51A engine with an unregulated nozzle and oxygen supply to the combustion chamber. The engine provided long-duration operation at an altitude of 26,000 m (85,000 ft) at low flight speed (M = 0.6). RD-36-51A / B
49-450: Was produced in a small series (about 50 units). Thrust – 16,150 kgf (35,600 lbf; 158,400 N) Comparable engines Related lists OKB-36 UEC NPO Saturn, PJSC ( Russian : ОДК-Сатурн НПО ) is a Russian aircraft engine manufacturer, formed from the mergers of Rybinsk Motors and Lyul'ka-Saturn (after Arkhip Mikhailovich Lyulka ) in 2001. Saturn's engines power many former Eastern Bloc aircraft, such as
#74925