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Beriev Be-40 (Read 655 times)
Dec 28th, 2006 at 10:30am

The Ruptured Duck   Offline
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Neat plane, I must say.

I was wondering about the booster engines below the main turbofans.  Are they rockets or jets?
 

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Reply #1 - Dec 28th, 2006 at 2:36pm

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The boosters are rocket class engines (RD-60). D stands for Dviagtel, which means engine, R stands for rocket. Pistons usually use the 'M' prefix... at least postwar
 

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