Kuznetsov NK-6
{{Short description|1950s Soviet/Russian turbofan aircraft engine}}
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The Kuznetsov NK-6 was a low-bypass afterburning turbofan engine, designed by the Kuznetsov Design Bureau.
Development
Development of the NK-6 started in 1955 at the Kuznetsov Design Bureau. It was the first afterburning by-pass engine made in the Soviet Union. With a maximum thrust of {{cvt|216|kN|lbf|}}, it was the most powerful jet engine in the world in the early 1960s.{{cite web |title=Tot samyy "NK"|url=http://engine.aviaport.ru/issues/08/page39.html |website=engine.aviaport.ru |publisher=Nikolay Aleksandrov |access-date=4 October 2021 |language=ru}} Despite this fact, development of the NK-6 was halted in July 1963. The accumulated experience of the NK-6 project was subsequently used in the development of the NK-144.
A modified version of this engine, the NK-7, was intended for the Soviet Navy and had a takeoff thrust of {{cvt|216|kN|lbf|}}.
Applications
- Project "106" (proposed)
- Tupolev Tu-95LL (testbed)
- Tupolev Tu-123{{cite web |title=Tupolev Andrei Nikolaevich |url=http://www.aviation.ru/Tu/ |website=www.aviation.ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605015707/http://www.aviation.ru/Tu/ |access-date=13 October 2021|archive-date=2011-06-05 }} (proposed)
- Tupolev Tu-125 (proposed)
- Tupolev Tu-135{{cite web |title=NK-6 |url=http://www.airbase.ru/alpha/rus/n/nk/6/ |website=airbase.ru |access-date=13 October 2021}} (proposed)
Specifications (NK-6)
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|ref=Otechestvennaya aviatsionno-kosmicheskaya tekhnika - SAMARSKIY NTK{{cite book|title=Otechestvennaya aviatsionno-kosmicheskaya tekhnika - SAMARSKIY NTK|publisher=SNTK imeni N.D.Kuznetsova|location=Samara, Russia|language=ru|pages=23, 24, 73}}
|type=Two-spool low-bypass afterburning turbofan
|length={{cvt|4810|mm}}
|diameter={{cvt|1750|mm}}
|weight={{cvt|3200|kg}}
|compressor=4-stage LP, 6-stage HP
|combustion=Annular multi-nozzle combustion chamber
|turbine=1-stage HP, 2-stage LP
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- {{cvt|216|kN|lbf}} at takeoff
- {{cvt|196.2|kN|lbf}} in cruise with afterburner
- {{cvt|34.3|kN|lbf}} in cruise without afterburner
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- 183.6 kg/(kN⋅h) at takeoff
- 200 kg/(kN⋅h) in cruise with afterburner
- 87.7 kg/(kN⋅h) in cruise without afterburner
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See also
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References
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Category:Low-bypass turbofan engines