Rolls Royce has completed first run of its Trent 7000 demonstrator engine successfully on a test bed from its Derby, UK facility. The ...
Rolls Royce has completed first run of its Trent 7000 demonstrator engine successfully on a test bed from its Derby, UK facility.
The demonstrator will be used to prove key technical features of the Trent 7000 engine that will exclusively power the re-engined Airbus A330neo widebody passenger jet.
The high bypass 68-72,000 lb thrust Trent 7000 will deliver significant performance benefits compared to the current version of the Trent 700. It will improve specific fuel consumption (SFC) by 10 percent, have twice the bypass ratio and reduce noise by 50 percent.
The Trent 7000 is the seventh member of the Trent family which has become the engine of choice in the wide body market over the last 20 years, and is scheduled to enter service in 2017.
The Trent 7000 brings together Rolls Royce's experience in the Trent 700, architecture from the Trent 1000 TEN engine and the latest technology from the Trent XWB engine that exclusively powers the Airbus A350.
The Trent 7000 was selected by Airbus for the A330neo aircraft at the Farnborough International Airshow in 2014.
