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Is there even a hydrogen turbojet engine?
by jaipilot747 3y ago
Is there even a hydrogen turbojet engine?
- twic 3y agoMaybe not in service, but it's been done: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/rolls-royce-successfully-tests-hydrogen-powered-jet-engine-2022-11-28/ https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/rolls-roy...
- moffkalast 3y agoAfaik it's one of the three H2 airframe options Airbus is pursuing. https://www.airbus.com/en/innovation/low-carbon-aviation/hydrogen/zeroe https://www.airbus.com/en/innovation/low-carbon-aviation/hyd... The general idea is to use liquid H2, like the old KN-88 design. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuznetsov_NK-88 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuznetsov_NK-88