UEC-Klimov () is a Russian manufacturer of gas turbine engines, main gearboxes and accessory drive gearboxes for

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. Originally established as ''Kirill Klimov Experimental Design Bureau'' in Saint-Petersburg under the direction of (Влади́мир Я́ковлевич Кли́мов) (1892–1962), Klimov designed engines for

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aircraft based on

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aircraft engine designs. It may have used the designation Aircraft Repair Factory (aviazavod, ARZ) 117 during the Soviet period.

History

The Klimov OKB was formed in the early 1930s to produce and improve upon the liquid-cooled

Hispano-Suiza 12Y The Hispano-Suiza 12Y was an aircraft engine produced by Hispano-Suiza for the French Air Force before the Second World War. The 12Y became the primary French 1,000 hp (750 kW) class engine and was used in a number of famous aircraft ...

V-12 piston engine for which the USSR had acquired a license. At that time Klimov also manufactured motorcycles. In 1946 the British government allowed Rolls-Royce to sell a number of Nene and Derwent V

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engines to the Soviet Union. Klimov OKB was given the task of "metrifying" the British designs, without the knowledge or permission of the West, as the VK-1 and RD-500. Klimov United Engine Company is now located in

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. It used the nationalised buildings originally erected by 1914 in the city's present-day Vyborgsky District for the joint stock Russian

automotive works, adding new workshop and administrative premises on the land in Bolshoy Sampsoniyevskiy Prospect avenue near the present Kantemirovskaya Street. By 2020 the premises have been vacated for redevelopment for a housing project.

Piston engines

* M-100 – Hispano-Suiza 12Ydrs built under license * M-103 – improved M-100 * M-105 – improved M-103; redesignated as VK-105 in 1943 * M-110 * M-120 – prototype inline 18-cylinder with three M-103A blocks in an inverted Y configuration; cancelled due to engine malfunction : During World War II, designations were changed from M (motor) to VK (the lead designer's initials) * VK-106 (M-106 before March 1944) – prototype developed from M-105 with improved performance at lower altitudes; cancelled due to cooling problems * VK-107 (M-107 before March 1944) - development of M-105 and VK-106 with four valves per cylinder and more power * VK-108 – prototype version of VK-107 with 1850 hp on takeoff; never entered production * VK-109 - 1945-1946 development of the VK-108 with water injection, intended for the

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* VK-110 - based on VK-109, 2100 hp; only a project * VK-150 - inline 24-cylinder concept, 3700 hp

Gas turbine engines

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* RD-10 (along AI Ivchenko Progress (Motor Sich), KMPO & SNTK Kuznetsov (OAO Motorostroitel), elsewhere) *

RD-33 The Klimov RD-33 is a turbofan jet engine for a lightweight fighter jet and which is the primary engine for the Mikoyan MiG-29 and CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder. It was developed in OKB-117 led by S. P. Izotov (now OAO Klimov) from 1968 with production ...

and variants, derivatives: RD-5000B for UCAV UAV like MiG Skat * RD-93MA is a derivative of the RD-33 and is specifically designed for single engine light fighter jets. It uses the BARK-93MA automatic control system * Klimov VK-10M 22 to 24,200 lbf (97.87 - 107.647 kN) * RD-35, agreement with Slovakian PSLM ZVL *

RD-45 The Klimov VK-1 was the first Soviet jet engine to see significant production. It was developed by and first produced by the GAZ 116 works. Derived from the Rolls-Royce Nene, the engine was also built under licence in China as the Wopen WP-5. ...

GTD-350 The Klimov GTD-350 (initially Isotov GTD-350) is a Soviet gas-turbine turboshaft engine intended for helicopter use. Designed in the early 1960s by the Isotov Design Bureau the engine was later produced by Klimov and PZL, production ending in t ...

* RD-500, copy of the Rolls-Royce Derwent V * TV2-117 (built by Isotov from 1959–1964) * TV3-117 variants : TV3-117VM VMA for Mil and Kamov helicopters : TV3-117VMA-SBM1

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for the

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, MiG-110, Be-32K * ТV7-117 TV7-117ST-01 TV7-117ST-02 Gas turbines : TV7-117S Turboprop for Aircraft : TV7-117K naval variant * Klimov TV and VK derived

and

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engines powerplants *

Klimov TV17-117 UEC-Klimov () is a Russian manufacturer of gas turbine engines, main gearboxes and accessory drive gearboxes for transport aircraft. Originally established as ''Kirill Klimov Experimental Design Bureau'' in Saint-Petersburg under the directio ...

new perspective engine, follow up of the TV family * VK-1 * VK-3 turbojet web.archive.org/web/20160304142121if_/http://www.missiles.ru/_foto/Klimov_muz/IMG_7412.jpg * VK- (and TV-) turbojets turbofan, gas turbines, turboprop turboshafts * VK-13 turbojet turbofan * TR3-117 turbojet for UAV

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VK-800 The Klimov VK-800 is a turboshaft engine of the fifth generation. It is designed to equip the Mi-54, Ansat and Ka-226 "Sergei" type helicopters. The VK-800V derivative was developed for the power units of helicopters of small and large load-ca ...

, VK800V also at Motor Sich * VK-1500 variant or derivative of TV3-117 engine *

VK-2500 The Klimov VK-2500 is a Russian turboshaft aero engine, a high power derivative of the TV3-117VMA engine, also for hot and high. Design It differs from the older versions in having an extended overhaul period of the engine hot components, ext ...

VK-2500PS-03 enhancement of TV3-117 * VK-650V 400 5 - 750 hp turboshaft for

Ka-226 The Kamov Ka-226 (NATO reporting name: Hoodlum) is a small, twin-engine Russian utility helicopter. The Ka-226 features an interchangeable mission pod, rather than a conventional cabin, allowing the use of various accommodation or equipment co ...

. VK-1600V project for

Ka-62 The Kamov Ka-60 ''Kasatka'' (, "Killer Whale") is a Russian medium twin-turbine military transport helicopter under development by Kamov. It performed its first flight on 24 December 1998. The civil version is known as Kamov Ka-62. Design The ...

* PDV-4000 4 5000 hp (3 3.8 MW) turboshaft, turboprop * VK-3000 (VK300V also at OMKB OMO Baranov), VK3500 (TVa-3000) also at Motor Sich, VK-5000 and/or VK-6000 perspective * GTU-18P GTU-14F GTU-24R GTU-28N Gas Turbines ; MBT and vehicles, wagon locomotives GTs * GTD-1000T, GTD-1250 * GTD-1400, GTD-1500

Auxiliary power unit

* GTDE-117 * VK-100 * VK-150

References

External links

'Full cycle engine development' at UEC Klimov

Klimov Aircraft APU (Auxiliary power unit)- General Information (archived copy)
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