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Rolls-Royce RB.145

1960s British turbojet aircraft engine

Field	Value
name	RB.145
image	Rolls-Royce RB.145 RRHT Derby.jpg
caption	Rolls-Royce RB.145 turbojet engine on display at the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, Derby
engine_type	Turbojet
national_origin	United Kingdom
manufacturer	Rolls-Royce Limited
first_run	April 1961
major_applications	EWR VJ 101
developed_from	Rolls-Royce RB108

The Rolls-Royce RB.145 was a British jet engine designed in the early-1960s by Rolls-Royce for use as a lightweight VTOL lift and cruise engine. Developed from the Rolls-Royce RB108 the RB.145 featured more accessories and a higher thrust rating. Six engines developed by MAN Turbo were fitted to the first prototype of the EWR VJ 101 experimental German fighter aircraft, achieving supersonic flight by July 1964.

Reheated versions of the RB.145 with a thrust of 3,650 lb (16.2 kN) were fitted to the second EWR VJ 101 with the intention of reaching Mach 1.4.

Variants

;RB.145:Standard un-reheated turbojet ;RB.145R: the RB.145 with reheat.

Applications

EWR VJ 101

Specifications (RB.145R)

the translating engine nacelles of the VJ 101, fitted with two RB145s each.

| and start a new, fully-formatted line with --

::Take-off, wet: 3650 lbf ::Take-off, dry: 2750 lbf

::**Wet:**2.2 lb/lbf/h ::**Dry:**1 lb/lbf/h

Oil consumption: 0.5 lb/h |power/weight= |thrust/weight=6.08

References

[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1965/1965%20-%200043.html ''Flight International'', 7 January 1965] www.flightglobal.com Retrieved: 31 December 2009
Wilkinson, Paul H.. (1964). "Aircraft engines of the World 1964/65". Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd..

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