Question on jet engines

[Demon Lord Razgriz]

What is the most powerful fighter jet engine in terms of thrust? I've been looking around and all I get is that GE engine for passenger planes.

 

[GTX]

If you're talking purely of fighters, it would have to be either the P&W F-135 or GE/RR FET F-136 - both developed for the F-35.

Regards,

Greg

 

[red admiral]

Saturn AL-41 is around 40,000lbf as well (maybe). BS.100 was also around that level.

 

[Stargazer2006]

The Saturn AL-41F's thrust is 181,2 kN with afterburner, the Soloviev/Aviadvigatel D-30F-6M in the Sukhoi S-37/47 fighter was rated at 196kN (according to Tony Buttler and Yefim Gordon in "Soviet Secret Projects:Fighters since 1945" pp.160), the Katchaturov R79M-300 planned for the same aircraft was to be rated at 181,3 kN and the Kunetsov NK-32/NK-321 for the Tu-160 bomber is rated at 245,18kN (the F-135 and F-136 seem to be in the 180 kN-class with a/b).

 

[Matej]

Sojuz R179-300

200,1 kN x 101,97 kg/kN / 0,454 kg/lb = 44 943.165 lb of thrust

It seems that this engine wanished from their web :-\ http://www.amntksoyuz.ru/en/engines/airengines/history/

But I saved everything to my archive... But currently I dont have access to it because the malfunction of my computer : But I can use my web ;D

Thrust: 200,1 kN
Weight: 2880 kg
Diameter 1,75 m
Lenght: 5,61 m
Fuel consumption: 0,064 kg/N/h
Air consumption: 180 kg/s
In/out air pressure ratio: 25
Bypass ratio: 0,73