Kuznetsov NK-6 explained

The Kuznetsov NK-6 was a low-bypass afterburning turbofan engine, designed by the Kuznetsov Design Bureau.

Development

Development of the NK-6 started in 1955 at the Kuznetsov Design Bureau. It was the first afterburning by-pass engine made in the Soviet Union. With a maximum thrust of, it was the most powerful jet engine in the world in the early 1960s.^[1] Despite this fact, development of the NK-6 was halted in July 1963. The accumulated experience of the NK-6 project was subsequently used in the development of the NK-144.

A modified version of this engine, the NK-7, was intended for the Soviet Navy and had a takeoff thrust of .

Applications

• Project "106" (proposed)
• Tupolev Tu-95LL (testbed)
• Tupolev Tu-123^[2] (proposed)
• Tupolev Tu-125 (proposed)
• Tupolev Tu-135^[3] (proposed)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tot samyy "NK". engine.aviaport.ru . Nikolay Aleksandrov . 4 October 2021 . ru.
2. Web site: Tupolev Andrei Nikolaevich . www.aviation.ru . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605015707/http://www.aviation.ru/Tu/ . 13 October 2021. 2011-06-05 .
3. Web site: NK-6 . airbase.ru . 13 October 2021.