Open Rotor Test Rig Begins Work
Credit: ROLLS-ROYCE CONCEPT
3olls-Royce’s “Rig 145” open rotor test rig is being installed in a low-speed wind tunnel run by DNW, a facility established by the German aerospace center DLR and the Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory. The rig—which comprises two counterrotating rows of blades—will stay in the Netherlands for...
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