Rolls-Royce Spey

The Rolls- Royce Spey RB.163 is a two-shaft turbofan engine of the British manufacturer Rolls- Royce, which was developed in the late 1950s and in 1964 ran for the first time. It is used primarily as a jet engine for aircraft.

Aeroengine

It is a by not entered series Rolls- Royce Medway derived, smaller engine, which was developed for the Hawker Siddeley Trident. As a first thrust 55.86 kN were provided, and it was also used for the BAC 1-11 for use.

As a military variant ( RB.168 ) and with an afterburner and 90.3 kN were achieved, it first came into the Blackburn B -103 Buccaneer used. In the U.S., a licensed production at the Allison Engine Company was started. The engine has been known there Allison TF 41 ( F113 ), and used in the Vought A-7. Also in the British McDonnell F-4 was used. For this, the hull had to be redesigned because the Spey has a larger diameter than the General Electric J79. A simplified and less powerful version (44 kN thrust) was the RB.183, originally referred to as " Spey Junior ", which came into use at about the Fokker F.28.

The Spey is (2004) still produced today. The last variant is the Spey 807 with a higher bypass ratio. It is used in the Embraer AMX. A further development of the Spey with a larger impeller and further improvements is the Rolls- Royce Tay engine.

Total production engines were produced since 1968 2768. The Spey is considered extremely reliable. It was the first aircraft engine with a MTBO of 10,000 h

Specifications

807 Spey Spey 250/251 202/203/205 Spey Thrust 49.1 kN 53.4 kN 91.2 / 98/ 120 kN ( with afterburner ) Bypass ratio 0.93 0.64 Compression ratio 16.3 20.2 16.9 Length 2456 mm 2972 mm Diameter 826 mm 826 mm Empty weight 1114 kg 1243 kg 1856 kg ND compressor stages 4 5             HD stages 12 12 ND turbine stages 2 2             HD levels 2 2 Combustion chambers 10 10 Other Applications

The Dutch navy used Aeroderivatives type Spey SM1C in their frigates Karel Doorman class. For use with the frigates of the Royal Navy type 23 modified Spey engines come with a shaft power of 19.5 MW used. This engine is manufactured as SM1A Kawasaki in Japan under license.

In addition, it served as a drive in the fastest land vehicle in the world, the ThrustSSC.

Swell

  • Analysis of different engines (English, PDF file, 3.26 MB )
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