The engine comes from the engine GE 404, the requirements were: around 80 kN, double backup supply of fuel, a reliable pilot system, the resistance against collision with a bird weighing 0.5 kg at a speed of M 0.9, the simplicity of the droop and the exchangeability blocks.
The engine is a turbofan rotor with afterburner and adjustable output nozzle.
Has a length of 4.04 m and a diameter of 0.88 m, weight is 1050 kg. The fuel is Kerosene 75 FSD 8607 and Go 77 FSD 8608.
The bypass ratio is 0,31 and the compression of the compressor of 27.2. The temperature before the turbine is 1448 °C.
The thrust of 54 kN with afterburner of 80.5 kN with a fuel consumption of 77 kg/min and 244 kg/min. Air flow is 67,9 kg/s.
Source: Archives of the author.
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