GenX Composite Fan Case/Blade Tests Begin
Credit: GENERAL ELECTRIC
General Electric Co.'s GenX engine passed a critical first test of a new configuration--a composite fan case and composite blades--that promises significant weight reduction. In a blade-out rig test at full speed, the composite fan case contained the released blade and maintained its structural...
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