A propfan, also called an open rotor engine, open fan engine or unducted fan (as opposed to a ducted fan), is a type of aircraft engine related in concept...
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Tupolev Design Bureau introduced the Tu-334 in early 1989 as an eventual propfan-powered airliner to potentially enter service for Aeroflot in 1995. However...
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McDonnell Douglas MD-90 (section Propfan engine)
with two unducted fan (UDF) or propfan engines, designated the MD-94X. Previously, an MD-81 was used as a testbed for propfan engines, such as the General...
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Pratt & Whitney/Allison 578-DX (category Propfan engines)
a turbofan and a turboprop known as a propfan. The engine was designed in the 1980s to power proposed propfan aircraft such as the Boeing 7J7 and the...
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for use on the Myasishchev M-90 giant detachable aircraft. NK-63 propfan. Ducted propfan based on the NK-32. NK-64 turbofan. 350 kN intended for Tu-204...
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Antonov An-70 (category Propfan-powered aircraft)
transport aircraft, and the first aircraft to take flight powered only by propfan engines. It was developed in the late 1980s by the Antonov Design Bureau...
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McDonnell Douglas MD-94X (category Propfan-powered aircraft)
The McDonnell Douglas MD-94X was a planned propfan-powered airliner, intended to begin production in 1994. Announced in January 1986, the aircraft was...
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General Electric GE36 (category Propfan engines)
between a turbofan and a turboprop, known as an unducted fan (UDF) or propfan. The GE36 was developed by General Electric Aircraft Engines, with its...
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Progress D-236 (category Propfan engines)
known as a propfan. Also known as the Lotarev D-236T, the three-shaft geared engine was designed in the 1980s and 1990s to power proposed propfan aircraft...
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Airbreathing jet engine (section Propfan)
engines, propfans generate most of their thrust from the propeller and not the exhaust jet. The primary difference between turboprop and propfan design...
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