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More technical source: https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/aircraft-propulsion/rolls-royce-begins-ultrafan-tests-amid-restructuring-cost-cuts https://aviationwe
by everybodyknows 3y ago
More technical source:
https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/aircraft-propulsion/rolls-royce-begins-ultrafan-tests-amid-restructuring-cost-cuts https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/aircraft-propulsion/rolls...
Notable: The fan is driven through gearing from the low-pressure turbine stage.
> ... with its power gearbox and Advance3-based core, represents a radical shift away from the traditional three-shaft designs that have been the hallmark of Rolls-Royce’s large engine configurations since the 1960s.
- everybodyknows 3y agoAlso in the AviationWeek piece: > Newby says. “For example, we’ve developed a new way of rapidly developing software which we’re going to use on the Pearl 10X [business jet engine]. Now that sounds scary.