The Kuznetsov NK-12 is a Soviet turboprop engine of the 1950s, designed by the Kuznetsov design bureau. The NK-12 drives two large four-bladed contra-rotating...
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The Kuznetsov NK-93 was a civilian aircraft engine, a hybrid between a turbofan and a turboprop known as a propfan. The engine was also unique in having...
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passenger airliner derivative was called the Tu-114. The aircraft has four Kuznetsov NK-12 engines with contra-rotating propellers. It is the only propeller-powered...
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Initially designated as TV-12, but was renamed to NK-12 in honor of the company's founder, Nikolai Kuznetsov. Kuznetsov NK-14 nuclear-powered engine....
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was named JSC Kuznetsov, after the design bureau. The Kuznetzov Bureau first became notable for producing the monstrous Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop engine...
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The Kuznetsov NK-14A was an onboard nuclear-powered engine which was made to be used on the Tupolev Tu-119 nuclear-powered aircraft, designed and built...
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Ferdinand Brandner (section NK-12)
Osoaviakhim following World War II, he played a major role in designing the Kuznetsov NK-12, the most powerful turboprop engine ever built. Brandner was born 17...
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The Kuznetsov NK-22 is an afterburning turbofan engine, designed by the Kuznetsov Design Bureau. In April 1967, the Kuznetsov Design Bureau accepted an...
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Stratofortress, they instead produced the Tupolev Tu-95 Bear, powered with four Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprops, mated to eight contra-rotating propellers (two per nacelle)...
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the development rockets were Kuznetsov NK-15 and Kuznetsov NK-15V (later developed into Kuznetsov NK-33 and Kuznetsov NK-43). Ultimately, these designs...
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late 1960s and early 1970s by the Kuznetsov Design Bureau for the Soviet space program's ill-fated N1 Moon rocket. The NK-33 is among the most powerful LOX/RP-1...
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most powerful turboprop in service using a single propeller; only the Kuznetsov NK-12 from Russia and Progress D-27 from Ukraine, using contra-rotating propellers...
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Tu-95 'Bear', as its own turboprop powerplants, the TV-12 prototype series for the Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprops that power the Tu-95 to this day, were already...
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promise offered by turboprop engines of immensely more power, like the Kuznetsov NK-12 — itself developed and in test by 1951 — and used on the Tupolev Tu-95...
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engines: two Kuznetsov NK-14A nuclear-fuelled engines inboard, fed with heat from a fuselage-mounted reactor and two kerosene-fed Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprops...
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unconventional aircraft. Mounted in the top of the tail, it featured a massive Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop, the most powerful turboprop ever made, which provided cruise...
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fuselage and structural design of the Tu-4, but with four colossal Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop engines providing a unique combination of jet-like speed...
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The NK-15 (GRAU index: 11D51) was a rocket engine designed and built in the late 1960s by the Kuznetsov Design Bureau. The NK designation was derived...
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who had worked in the Soviet Union, leading the development of the Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop, the powerplant of the Tupolev Tu-95 bomber, moved to Egypt...
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971 mi), based on the Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber, powered by four Kuznetsov NK-12 engines driving contra-rotating propellers. The Tu-114 used the basic...
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with airlines planned by 2020.[needs update] Europrop TP400 Kuznetsov NK-12 Kuznetsov NK-93 Comparable engines General Electric GE36 Progress D-27 Progress...
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(only 19 examples built) 109-012 Junkers 012 – developed into the Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop engine 109-014 Argus As 014 pulsejet 109-016 Daimler-Benz...
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kg/(hp⋅h) at takeoff 0.218 kg/(hp⋅h) in cruise Comparable engines Kuznetsov NK-12 Related lists List of aircraft engines Otechestvennaya aviatsionno-kosmicheskaya...
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J75/JT4A Pratt & Whitney TF33/JT3D Comparable engines Europrop TP400 Kuznetsov NK-12 Related lists List of aircraft engines Culy, Doug. "Wright's T35 Turboprop...
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560 °F) Specific fuel consumption: 0.21 kg/(hp⋅h) Comparable engines Kuznetsov NK-12 Related lists List of aircraft engines Otechestvennaya aviatsionno-kosmicheskaya...
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engines that featured on common aircraft included the four powerful Kuznetsov NK-12 engines (each powering its own set of coaxial contra-rotating propellers)...
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Borodianka mid-air collision 2001 Antonov An-70 Crash Europrop TP400 Kuznetsov NK-12 Kuznetsov NK-93 Related development Progress D-236 Comparable engines General...
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Standartenführer (colonel), played a major role in the development of the Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop engine used on Tupolev Tu-95 bombers. Hans Wocke – airplane...
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A-90 Orlyonok ekranoplan, which was powered in flight by a massive Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop (by far the most powerful ever built), and required two large...
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359 lb/(hp⋅h)) Aviation portal Soviet Union portal Europrop TP400 Kuznetsov NK-12 Kuznetsov NK-93 Related development Lotarev D-36 Lotarev D-136 Progress D-436...
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