Lyulka TR-1

The Lyulka TR-1 was a turbojet designed by Arkhip Lyulka and produced by his Lyulka design bureau. It was the first indigenous Soviet jet engine.

TR-1
Type Turbojet
National origin Soviet Union
Manufacturer Lyulka
First run 9 August 1946
Major applications Ilyushin Il-22
Sukhoi Su-10
Sukhoi Su-11
Alekseyev I-21

Development

In May 1944 Lyulka was ordered to begin development of a turbojet with a thrust of 12.3 kN (2,800 lbf). He demonstrated an eight-stage axial-flow engine in March 1945 called the S-18. In early 1946 the Council of Ministers ordered that the S-18 be developed into an operational engine with a thrust of 15.5 kN (3,500 lbf). The TR-1 was developed in early 1946 and had its first static run on 9 August. It was tested in the air on a pylon fitted to a Lend-Lease B-25 Mitchell piston-engined bomber.[1]

The TR-1 was not a success, proving to have less thrust and a higher specific fuel consumption than designed. Its failure led directly to the cancellation of the first Soviet jet bomber, the Ilyushin Il-22.[2] Lyulka further developed the engine into the TR-1A of 20.5 kN (4,600 lbf) of thrust, but its specific fuel consumption was very high and it too was cancelled.[1]

Applications

Specifications (TR-1)

Data from Gordon, OKB Ilyushin: A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft.

General characteristics

  • Type: Turbojet
  • Length:
  • Diameter:
  • Dry weight: 885 kg (1,951 lb)[3]

Components

  • Compressor: eight-stage axial-flow
  • Turbine: single stage[3]

Performance

See also

Comparable engines

Related lists

References
Notes
  1. "The USSR into the world Jet". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  2. Gordon, p. 112
  3. Gunston pp. 99–100
Bibliography
  • Gordon, Yefim; Komissarov, Dmitriy and Sergey (2004). OKB Ilyushin: A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 1-85780-187-3.
  • Gunston, Bill (1959). World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines (2 ed.). Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-163-9.
  • Kay, Anthony L. (2007). Turbojet History and Development 1930-1960 Volume 2:USSR, USA, Japan, France, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and Hungary (1st ed.). Ramsbury: The Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1861269393.
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