Kuznetsov NK-92
1980s Russian turbofan aircraft engine design study
The Kuznetsov NK-92 was a military engine with a super-high bypass ratio. The NK-92 was proposed to power the Ilyushin Il-106 heavy military transport aircraft. Development of the Il-106 aircraft and its NK-92 engine slowed in the early 1990s. However, aspects of the engine's design were applied to the NK-92's civil engine counterpart, the Kuznetsov NK-93, which was tested in flight in the first decade of the 2000s.[1]
A ducted propfan engine with contra-rotating fans, the NK-92 was also a powerplant option on versions of the Ilyushin Il-90 and Ilyushin Il-96 widebody passenger airliners[2] and the EKIP "flying saucer" lifting body aircraft.[3]
References
Citations
- ^ "NK-93 kicks off flight trials". Industry – In Brief. Take-off: Russia's National Aerospace Magazine. June 2007. p. 20.
- "Take-off magazine June 2007". Fantasy Lab.
- ^ Norris, Guy (July 10–16, 1991). "Soviets team up on 550-seater" (PDF). Headlines. Flight International. Vol. 140, no. 4275. p. 6. ISSN 0015-3710.
- ^ Dawson, Dorothy (June 29 – July 5, 1994). "Saucerful of secrets". Lifting-Body Craft. Flight International. Vol. 145, no. 4427. pp. 30–31. ISSN 0015-3710.
Bibliography
- Rogoway, Tyler (December 29, 2018). "Russia wants to replace its giant An-124 airlifters with updated decades-old design". The War Zone. The Drive. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- "Soviet power plants:The Soviet Union's first international aerospace exhibition, held in Moscow in 1990, provided a unique insight into aero-engine industry emerging from the shadows of secrecy". Flight International. January 30 – February 5, 1991. pp. 26–28. ISSN 0015-3710.
