Klimov VK-108 (M-108)

Климов ВК-108 (M-108)
VK-108 (M-108)
(ВК-108)




Experimental liquid-cooled twelve-cylinder piston engine with V cylinders. It was a VK-107 engine redesigned in the V design office.J.Klimov (ОКБ В.Я.Климова) with power increased up to 1380 kW (1850 hp).


It was experimentally fitted to the Yakovlev Yak-3 fighter aircraft, which managed to achieve a higher top speed with it than with the VK-107. Nevertheless, it was not mass-produced.




TTD:


displacement (l): 35.0
compression ratio: 6.75:1
engine weight (kg): 765
take-off mode:
- Power: 1380 kW (1850 hp)
at speed (rpm) : 3200
Nominal mode:
- power: kW (1550 hp)



sources:
www.airwar.ru
www.klimov.ru
http://engine.aviaport.ru/issues/index.html
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How-3 s motorom VK-108

source: Avijacija i Kosmonavtika, vol. 1999, no 05-06.
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