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    The Klimov VK-1 was the first Soviet jet engine to see significant production. It was developed by Vladimir Yakovlevich Klimov [ru] and first produced...
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    The Klimov VK-107 was a V-12 liquid-cooled piston aircraft engine used by Soviet aircraft during World War II. The VK-107 was developed from the M-105...
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  • 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...
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  • The Klimov VK-106 was an experimental liquid-cooled V12 piston aircraft engine intended for Soviet aircraft during World War II. With the VK-105PF exhausting...
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  • The Klimov VK-3 was the first Soviet afterburning bypass turbojet engine. Designed by S V Lyunevich at Klimov, at OKB-117 in 1949, this engine first ran...
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    in 1949. Production was canceled around 1950 in favor of the superior Klimov VK-1 turbojet based on the Rolls-Royce Nene. The RD-500 was used in a number...
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    Power-to-weight ratio: 1.42 kW/kg (0.86 hp/lb) Related development Hispano-Suiza 12Z Klimov VK-103 Klimov VK-104 Klimov VK-106 Klimov VK-107 Comparable engines...
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    Klimov VK-1 instead of the standard RD-45F engine. This has led to the aircraft often being confused for a MiG-15bis, which was fitted with the VK-1 as...
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    Grumman F9F Panther. Its most widespread use was in the form of the Klimov VK-1, a reverse-engineered, modified and enlarged version which produced around...
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  • development of 140 as a tactical reconnaissance aircraft powered by two Klimov VK-1 centrifugal flow turbo-jets. During the design work for the '140-R' the...
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