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===Jet and rocket engines=== {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header-multi" |- ! rowspan=2 | Engine ! rowspan="2" | Mass ! colspan=2 | Thrust, vacuum ! rowspan=2 | Thrust-to-<br/>weight ratio |- ! (kN) ! (lbf) |- |[[Jonker JS-1 Revelation|MD-TJ42]] powered sailplane jet engine<ref>{{Cite web |title=EASA.E.099 - MD-TJ series engines {{!}} EASA |url=https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/document-library/type-certificates/engine-cs-e/easae099-md-tj-series-engines |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=www.easa.europa.eu |language=en}}</ref> |align=right|3.85kg (8.48 lb) |align=right|0.35 |align=right|78.7 |align=right|9.09 |- | [[RD-0410]] nuclear rocket engine<ref name="astronautix1">{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/engines/rd0410.htm|title=RD-0410 |last=Wade|first=Mark|publisher=[[Encyclopedia Astronautica]]|access-date=2009-09-25}}</ref><ref name="KBKhA-RD0410">{{cite web |title= |script-title=ru: РД0410. Ядерный ракетный двигатель. Перспективные космические аппараты |trans-title=RD0410. Nuclear Rocket Engine. Advanced launch vehicles |url=http://www.kbkha.ru/?p=8&cat=11&prod=66 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130084749/http://www.kbkha.ru/?p=8&cat=11&prod=66 |archive-date=30 November 2010 |publisher=KBKhA - [[Chemical Automatics Design Bureau]] |language=ru}}</ref> |align=right| {{Convert|2000|kg|abbr=on}} |align=right| 35.2 |align=right| {{convert|35.2|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}} |align=right| {{formatnum:{{#expr:35.2/(2000*0.00980665)round 1}}}} |- | [[Pratt & Whitney J58]] jet engine<br>([[Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird]])<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.marchfield.org/sr71a.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729002902/http://www.marchfield.org/sr71a.htm| title=Aircraft: Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird| archive-date=2012-07-29| access-date=2010-04-16| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=880 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404113157/http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=880| title=Factsheets : Pratt & Whitney J58 Turbojet| publisher=National Museum of the United States Air Force| access-date=2010-04-15| archive-date=2015-04-04| url-status=dead}}</ref> |align=right| {{Convert|2722|kg|abbr=on}} |align=right| 150 |align=right| {{convert|150|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}} |align=right| {{formatnum:{{#expr:150/(2722*0.00980665)round 1}}}} |- | [[Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593]]<br />[[turbojet]] with reheat <br>([[Concorde]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Rolls-Royce SNECMA Olympus - Jane's Transport News |url=http://www.janes.com/transport/news/jae/jae000725_1_n.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806140324/http://www.janes.com/transport/news/jae/jae000725_1_n.shtml| archive-date=2010-08-06 |url-status=dead |quote=With afterburner, reverser and nozzle ... 3,175 kg ... Afterburner ... 169.2 kN |access-date=2009-09-25}}</ref> |align=right| {{Convert|3,175|kg|abbr=on}} |align=right| 169.2 |align=right| {{convert|169.2|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}} |align=right |{{formatnum:{{#expr:169.2/(3175*0.00980665)round 1}}}} |- | [[Pratt & Whitney F119]]<ref>[http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/2005/MR1596.pdf Military Jet Engine Acquisition], RAND, 2002.</ref> |align=right| {{Cvt|1800|kg}} |align=right| {{convert|20500|lbf|kN|disp=output number only}} |align=right| {{formatnum:20500}} |align=right| {{formatnum:7.95}} |- | PBS TJ40-G1NS jet engine<ref>{{cite web |title=PBS TJ40-G1NS |url=https://www.pbs.cz/en/Aerospace/Aircraft-Engines/Jet-Engines-PBS-TJ40-G1NS |publisher=PBS Velká Bíteš |access-date=20 July 2024}}</ref> |align=right| {{Cvt|3.6|kg}} |align=right| {{formatnum:0.425}} |align=right| {{convert|425|N|lbf|disp=output number only}} |align=right| {{formatnum:{{#expr:425/(3.6*9.80665)round 2}}}} |- | [[RD-0750]] rocket engine<br> three-propellant mode<ref name="KBKhA-RD0750">{{cite web |script-title = ru:"Конструкторское бюро химавтоматики" - Научно-исследовательский комплекс / РД0750. |trans-title=«Konstruktorskoe Buro Khimavtomatiky» - Scientific-Research Complex / RD0750. |publisher=KBKhA - [[Chemical Automatics Design Bureau]] |url=http://www.kbkha.ru/?p=8&cat=11&prod=57 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110726074426/http://www.kbkha.ru/?p=8&cat=11&prod=57 |archive-date = 26 July 2011 |url-status = dead}}</ref> |align=right| {{Convert|4,621|kg|abbr=on}} |align=right| {{formatnum:1413}} |align=right| {{convert|1413|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}} |align=right| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1413/(4621*0.00980665)round 1}}}} |- | [[RD-0146]] rocket engine<ref name="astronautix2">{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/engines/rd0146.htm|title=RD-0146 |last=Wade|first=Mark|publisher=[[Encyclopedia Astronautica]]|access-date=2009-09-25}}</ref> |align=right| {{Convert|260|kg|abbr=on}} |align=right| {{formatnum:98}} |align=right| {{convert|98|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}} |align=right| {{formatnum:{{#expr:98/(260*0.00980665)round 1}}}} |- | [[Aerojet Rocketdyne|Rocketdyne]] [[RS-25]] rocket engine<br>(Space Shuttle Main Engine)<ref>[http://www.astronautix.com/engines/ssme.htm SSME]</ref> |align=right| {{Convert|3177|kg|abbr=on}} |align=right| {{formatnum:2278}} |align=right| {{convert|2278|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}} |align=right| {{formatnum:{{#expr:2278/(3177*0.00980665)round 1}}}} |- |[[RD-180]] rocket engine<ref>{{cite web |title=RD-180 |url=http://www.astronautix.com/engines/rd180.htm |access-date=2009-09-25}}</ref> |align=right| {{convert|5393|kg|abbr=on}} |align=right| {{formatnum:4152}} |align=right| {{convert|4152|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}} |align=right| {{formatnum:{{#expr:4152/(5383*0.00980665)round 1}}}} |- | [[RD-170]] rocket engine |align=right| {{Convert|9750|kg|abbr=on}} |align=right| {{formatnum:7887}} |align=right| {{convert|7887|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}} |align=right| {{formatnum:{{#expr:7887/(9750*0.00980665)round 1}}}} |- | [[F-1 (rocket engine)|F-1]]<br>([[Saturn V]] first stage)<ref>[http://www.astronautix.com/engines/f1.htm Encyclopedia Astronautica: F-1]</ref> |align=right| {{Convert|8391|kg|abbr=on}} |align=right| {{formatnum:7740.5}} |align=right| {{convert|7740.5|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}} |align=right| {{formatnum:{{#expr:7740.5/(8391*0.00980665)round 1}}}} |- | [[NK-33]] rocket engine<ref name="NK33">{{Cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Astronautica |title= NK-33 |url=http://www.astronautix.com/n/nk-33.html |access-date=2022-08-24 |first= Mark |last=Wade}}</ref> |align=right| {{Convert|1222|kg|abbr=on}} |align=right| {{formatnum:1638}} |align=right| {{convert|1638|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}} |align=right| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1638/(1222*0.00980665)round 1}}}} |- | [[SpaceX Raptor]] 3 rocket engine<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sesnic |first=Trevor |date=2022-07-14 |title=Raptor 1 vs Raptor 2: What did SpaceX change? |url=https://everydayastronaut.com/spacex-raptor-engine-comparison/ |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=Everyday Astronaut |language=en-US}}</ref> |align=right| {{Convert|1525|kg|abbr=on}} |align=right| 2,746 |align=right| {{convert|2746|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}} |align=right| 183.6 |- | [[Merlin 1D]] rocket engine, <br>full-thrust version<ref name="Merlin 1D">{{cite web |last=Mueller |first=Thomas |title=Is SpaceX's Merlin 1D's thrust-to-weight ratio of 150+ believable? |work=Quora |url=https://www.quora.com/Is-SpaceXs-Merlin-1Ds-thrust-to-weight-ratio-of-150+-believable/answer/Thomas-Mueller-11 |access-date=July 9, 2015 |date=June 8, 2015 |quote=The Merlin 1D weighs 1030 pounds, including the hydraulic steering (TVC) actuators. It makes 162,500 pounds of thrust in vacuum. that is nearly 158 thrust/weight. The new full thrust variant weighs the same and makes about 185,500 lbs force in vacuum.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SpaceX |url=http://www.spacex.com/ |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=SpaceX |language=en}}</ref> |align=right| {{Cvt|467|kg}} |align=right| 914 |align=right| 205,500 |align=right| 199.5 |}
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