Soviet turbojet aircraft engine
The Tumansky R-11 (initially AM-11) is a Soviet Cold War-era turbojet engine.
Design and development
The Tumansky R-11 was developed by A.A. Mikulin, Sergei Tumansky, and B.S. Stechkin as a twin-spool axial-flow high-altitude non-afterburning turbojet for Yakovlev Yak-25RV reconnaissance aircraft. This engine was the first Soviet twin-spool turbojet. It was first run in early 1956[1] and was later employed in some variants of the Yakovlev Yak-26 and Yakovlev Yak-27, as well as the Yak-28.[2] The R-11's basic design was very successful and it was later developed into the Tumansky R-13 and Tumansky R-25 along with the experimental Tumansky R-21. A total of 20,900 R-11 engines were built.
Variants
- R-11V-300 - first production version, high-altitude, non-afterburning
- R-11F-300 (R-37F) - afterburning version, entered production in 1956, used on MiG-21F, P and U.
- R-11AF-300 - improved version for Yakovlev Yak-28B, L and U.
- R-11F2-300 - new compressor, afterburner and nozzle, used on MiG-21P, PF and FL.
- R-11AF2-300 - R-11F2-300 adapted for Yakovlev Yak-28I, R and P.
- R-11F2S-300 - upgraded version for MiG-21PFM, PFS, S, U and UM, and for Sukhoi Su-15, UT and UM.
- Shenyang WP-7, Chinese license built copies of the R-11
Applications
Specifications (R-11F2S-300)
General characteristics
- Type: Afterburning turbojet
- Length: 4,600 mm (181.1 in)
- Diameter: 906 mm (35.7 in)
- Dry weight: 1,124 kg (2,477 lb)
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