Motorlet M-701
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Motorlet M701 turbojet engine (displayed at the Aviation Museum in Košice, Slovakia) |
Type |
Turbojet |
National origin |
Czechoslovakia |
Manufacturer |
Motorlet |
First run |
1958 |
Major applications |
Aero L-29 Delfín |
Produced |
1961-1989 |
Number built |
more of 9,250 [1] |
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The Motorlet M-701 is a Czechoslovakian jet engine. It was used to power the Aero L-29 Delfín jet trainer, with about 9,250 engines built between 1961 and 1989.
Development and design
In 1955, the Czechoslovakian aero-engine company Motorlet commenced design of a new turbojet engine to power the Jet trainer being designed by Aero for a competition to equip all Warsaw Pact air forces, the Aero L-29. The resulting design, designated Motorlet M-701 was a single shaft centrifugal turbojet and was the first jet engine designed in Czechoslovakia (although Motorlet had previously built the Klimov VK-1 under license).[2]
The engine number 4th. was tested at special flying laboratory at IL-28 at December 1959. [3]
The engine was first run in 1958, and engine number 8th. powered the third prototype L-29 when it flew in 12.JUL 1960 (the first two prototype had flown the previous year powered by a Rolls-Royce Viper). The L-29 was selected as the winner of the competition, and was ordered in large numbers, with the M-701 entering production at Jinonice near Prague in 1961. By the time production ended in 1989, more of 9,250 had been built.[3]
Applications
Specifications
From: Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1971-72 [4]
General characteristics
- Type: Single shaft centrifugal turbojet engine
- Length: 2,067 mm (81.38 in)
- Diameter: 896 mm (35.28 in) (Max width): Max height 928 mm (36.53 in)
- Dry weight: 330 kg (728 lb)
Components
- Compressor: Single-stage centrifugal
- Combustors: 7 straight flow combustion chambers
- Turbine: Single-stage axial-flow with 61 blades
Performance
See also
- Related lists
References
- Taylor, John W R (editor) (1971). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1971-72. London: Sampson Low. ISBN 0-354-00094-2.
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