Rolls-Royce Spey - Variants and Applications

Variants and Applications

RB.163 Mk 511-8

• Gulfstream II and Gulfstream III (USAF designation F113-RR-100 for C-20)

RB.163 Mk 512-14DW

• BAC One-Eleven

RB.183 Mk 555-15

• Fokker F28

AR 963 (RB.163)

• Boeing 727 (proposed); it was to have been built under licence by Allison

RB.168 Mk 101 (Military Spey)

• Blackburn Buccaneer

RB.168 Mk 202 (Military Spey)

• McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II modified F4J for British service ("Phantom FG1"). (surplus engines were purchased and used by Richard Noble for the Thrust SSC land speed record car of 1997.)

WS-9 Qin Ling aka RB.168 Mk 202 (Military Spey)

• Xian JH-7 (also known as FBC-1 Flying Leopard)

RB.168 Mk 250 (Military Spey)

• Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR1/MR2

RB.168 Mk 251 (Military Spey)

• Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R1 and AEW

RB.168 Mk 807

• AMX, built under licence by FiatAvio

AR.168R

• Joint development with Allison Engine Company for the TFX competition (won by the Pratt & Whitney JTF10A (TF30)

Allison TF41 (RB. 168-62 and Model 912)

• LTV A-7 Corsair II (USAF -D and US Navy -E models), licence built by Allison Engine Company

Marine versions

SM1A delivering 18,770 shp

SM1C delivering 26,150 shp