Rolls-Royce RB.145
{{short description|1960s British turbojet aircraft engine}}
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The Rolls-Royce RB.145 was a British jet engine designed in the early-1960s by Rolls-Royce for use as a lightweight VTOL lift and cruise engine. Developed from the Rolls-Royce RB108 the RB.145 featured more accessories and a higher thrust rating. Six engines developed by MAN Turbo were fitted to the first prototype of the EWR VJ 101 experimental German fighter aircraft, achieving supersonic flight by July 1964.
Reheated versions of the RB.145 with a thrust of 3,650 lb (16.2 kN) were fitted to the second EWR VJ 101 with the intention of reaching Mach 1.4.[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1965/1965%20-%200043.html Flight International, 7 January 1965] www.flightglobal.com Retrieved: 31 December 2009
Variants
;RB.145:Standard un-reheated turbojet
;RB.145R: the RB.145 with reheat.
Applications
Specifications (RB.145R)
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|ref=Aircraft engines of the World 1964/65.{{cite book |last=Wilkinson |first=Paul H. |title=Aircraft engines of the World 1964/65 |year=1964 |publisher=Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. |location=London |edition=21st |page=139}}
|type=Single spool turbojet
|length={{cvt|103.5|in|cm}}
|diameter={{cvt|15.5|in|cm}} (intake diameter)
|weight={{cvt|600|lb}}
|compressor= Nine-stage axial-flow
|combustion=Annular with duplex burners
|turbine=2-stage axial turbine
|oilsystem=Return system at {{cvt|35|psi|bar}}
|power=
|thrust=
::Take-off, wet: {{cvt|3650|lbf|kN}}
::Take-off, dry: {{cvt|2750|lbf|kN}}
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|fuelcon=
|specfuelcon=
::Wet:{{cvt|2.2|lb/lbf/h|kg/kN/h}}
::Dry:{{cvt|1|lb/lbf/h|kg/kN/h}}
- Oil consumption: {{cvt|0.5|lb/h|kg/h}}
|power/weight=
|thrust/weight=6.08
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See also
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |last=Gunston |first=Bill |title=World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines |year=1989 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Limited |location=Cambridge, England |isbn=978-1-85260-163-8 |edition=2nd}}
External links
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- [http://www.eads.com/xml/content/OF00000000400004/5/81/543815.jpg EADS - Image of EWR VJ 101 undergoing tethered reheat test]
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