KARAYA E7201 VK-1 for MiG-15/15bis/UTI Soviet jet engine – resin + PE (ex RV)

Klimow WK-1 (ang. Klimov VK-1) is a Soviet, post-war turbojet aircraft engine. Its first successful start-up took place in 1947 and its serial production started shortly after. The engine was 2.6 meters long with a diameter of 1.3 meters. The weight of the "dry" engine of this type did not exceed 872 kilograms. The engine was able to generate a maximum thrust of 26.5 kN. Almost immediately after the end of World War II, copies of the German BMW 003 and Jumo 004 jet engines were developed in the USSR, based on the acquired technical documentation. However, almost at the same time, the Soviet side asked the British government, which at that time was created by the Social Democratic Labor Party, to sell several dozen copies of the jet engine - Rolls-Royce Nene. To the surprise of the Soviets, the British side agreed to this proposal. After delivering the Nene engines, Soviet engineers "disassembled them into parts" and then put them into production under the name RD-45. However, this engine was very quickly and slightly modernized, and this improved version was called Klimov WK-1. There was also an afterburner version called WK-1F. This engine was used in several types of aircraft produced in the USSR, including machines such as: MiG-15 (basic version - with RD-45 engine, bis version - with WK-1 engine), MiG-17 Fresco or Ił-28 Beagle.