Rolls Plans ‘Puller’ Open Rotor Work While GE Readies for Noise Tests
Credit: ROLLS-ROYCE
Rolls-Royce is starting performance tests of its RB2011 “pusher” open rotor, but reveals that the main research focus for a future 150-seat aircraft engine is on a yet-to-be-tested “puller” configuration. Although encouraged by initial results from acoustic tests on the one-sixth-scale pusher design...
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