RR Trent engine ion BBC 1 last night.
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Did anyone watch the BBC show (sorry cant remember the name) on the Jet engine last night (about 11:00pm)? it was a re show of the one on sunday at 9:00pm? Just wanted to give a hand to all the people that design and build these engines. true engineering at its very finest and what this country is great for!
Also my dad worked on the Design team for the RB211, the predisesor to the trent engines and the first 3shaft jet engine. He worked on the T4 design.
Thanks Chris.
PS sorry for the rambling, i am still in awe of the people thatbuild these amazing bits of kit.
Also my dad worked on the Design team for the RB211, the predisesor to the trent engines and the first 3shaft jet engine. He worked on the T4 design.
Thanks Chris.
PS sorry for the rambling, i am still in awe of the people thatbuild these amazing bits of kit.
tank slapper said:
There is some seriously impressive engineering that goes into those engines. The turbine blades are works of art.
That is an understatment! lol each one is machined to something like 1/1000th mm. basically all are identical. and the way they are cast is unreal. grown form a single cristal of alloy into the whole blade. unreal. and the Tig hand welled compresor side is just amazing. Bet they are better than you local exhaust fabricators! lol also they showed a test of what would happen if a fan blade can loose. suffice to say NOTHING let the engine casing at all! looks spectacular but soo controlled! also they showed a test of blasting goodness only knows how much water directly into the engine and it has to maintain the same amount of thrust as normal.
my dad also told me they used to throw frozed chickens into them at full revs to test them. be intresting to see that. lol
this level of engeering takes the P!SS out of the car industry! we are still drving around in cars with the same engine materials as 60yrs ago! where are the Ti components? where are the new alloys to lighten things up? where si the lelvel of detial that these things have?
Chris.
chuntington101 said:
this level of engeering takes the P!SS out of the car industry! we are still drving around in cars with the same engine materials as 60yrs ago! where are the Ti components? where are the new alloys to lighten things up? where si the lelvel of detial that these things have?
Chris.
Thats not really true is it they use a lot of new materials in cars now Chris.
such weight savings are not needed in automotive engineering
chuntington101 said:
tank slapper said:
There is some seriously impressive engineering that goes into those engines. The turbine blades are works of art.
That is an understatment! lol each one is machined to something like 1/1000th mm. basically all are identical. and the way they are cast is unreal. grown form a single cristal of alloy into the whole blade. unreal. and the Tig hand welled compresor side is just amazing. Bet they are better than you local exhaust fabricators! lol also they showed a test of what would happen if a fan blade can loose. suffice to say NOTHING let the engine casing at all! looks spectacular but soo controlled! also they showed a test of blasting goodness only knows how much water directly into the engine and it has to maintain the same amount of thrust as normal.
my dad also told me they used to throw frozed chickens into them at full revs to test them. be intresting to see that. lol
this level of engeering takes the P!SS out of the car industry! we are still drving around in cars with the same engine materials as 60yrs ago! where are the Ti components? where are the new alloys to lighten things up? where si the lelvel of detial that these things have?
Chris.
Ex R-R engineer here.
chuntington101 said:
Also my dad worked on the Design team for the RB211, the predisesor to the trent engines and the first 3shaft jet engine. He worked on the T4 design.
You should be proud of him, the RB211 is a top engine. I took a large bird into one on rotation and it kept producing thrust despite three of the fan blades being badly damaged. el stovey said:
chuntington101 said:
Also my dad worked on the Design team for the RB211, the predisesor to the trent engines and the first 3shaft jet engine. He worked on the T4 design.
You should be proud of him, the RB211 is a top engine. I took a large bird into one on rotation and it kept producing thrust despite three of the fan blades being badly damaged. rhinochopig said:
chuntington101 said:
tank slapper said:
There is some seriously impressive engineering that goes into those engines. The turbine blades are works of art.
That is an understatment! lol each one is machined to something like 1/1000th mm. basically all are identical. and the way they are cast is unreal. grown form a single cristal of alloy into the whole blade. unreal. and the Tig hand welled compresor side is just amazing. Bet they are better than you local exhaust fabricators! lol also they showed a test of what would happen if a fan blade can loose. suffice to say NOTHING let the engine casing at all! looks spectacular but soo controlled! also they showed a test of blasting goodness only knows how much water directly into the engine and it has to maintain the same amount of thrust as normal.
my dad also told me they used to throw frozed chickens into them at full revs to test them. be intresting to see that. lol
this level of engeering takes the P!SS out of the car industry! we are still drving around in cars with the same engine materials as 60yrs ago! where are the Ti components? where are the new alloys to lighten things up? where si the lelvel of detial that these things have?
Chris.
Ex R-R engineer here.
chuntington101 said:
my dad also told me they used to throw frozed chickens into them at full revs to test them. be intresting to see that. lol
The only story I know involving frozen chickens concerned the 'gun' they used to test aircraft windscreens against bird strikes. We used fresh chickens, then sent the gun to America. They reported that every windscreen broke - until it was discovered they were firing frozen chickens. Or maybe it's an urban myth, dunno.chuntington101 said:
this level of engeering takes the P!SS out of the car industry! we are still drving around in cars with the same engine materials as 60yrs ago! where are the Ti components? where are the new alloys to lighten things up? where si the lelvel of detial that these things have?
How much would the average family hatchback cost if it was engineered to RR jet standards? It would be ridiculous not just on price but in engineering overkill. If a car engine goes wrong you just roll to a stop and call the AA. If a plane engine goes wrong you have to swim 2,000 miles to land!dr_gn said:
rhinochopig said:
chuntington101 said:
tank slapper said:
There is some seriously impressive engineering that goes into those engines. The turbine blades are works of art.
That is an understatment! lol each one is machined to something like 1/1000th mm. basically all are identical. and the way they are cast is unreal. grown form a single cristal of alloy into the whole blade. unreal. and the Tig hand welled compresor side is just amazing. Bet they are better than you local exhaust fabricators! lol also they showed a test of what would happen if a fan blade can loose. suffice to say NOTHING let the engine casing at all! looks spectacular but soo controlled! also they showed a test of blasting goodness only knows how much water directly into the engine and it has to maintain the same amount of thrust as normal.
my dad also told me they used to throw frozed chickens into them at full revs to test them. be intresting to see that. lol
this level of engeering takes the P!SS out of the car industry! we are still drving around in cars with the same engine materials as 60yrs ago! where are the Ti components? where are the new alloys to lighten things up? where si the lelvel of detial that these things have?
Chris.
Ex R-R engineer here.
Don't forget the 24hr engine monitoring of every RR engine in current use aorund the world.
(Ring Ring) "Hello is that Air Uganda? This is Bob from Rolls Royce. Looking at my screen I can see number 2 engine on your 767 currently flying over Tanzania is running a little hot I suggest you carry out a 89 point check on it's next stop"
!!!!!!!
Not quite how its done but you get the idea.
(Ring Ring) "Hello is that Air Uganda? This is Bob from Rolls Royce. Looking at my screen I can see number 2 engine on your 767 currently flying over Tanzania is running a little hot I suggest you carry out a 89 point check on it's next stop"
!!!!!!!
Not quite how its done but you get the idea.
rhinochopig said:
dr_gn said:
rhinochopig said:
chuntington101 said:
tank slapper said:
There is some seriously impressive engineering that goes into those engines. The turbine blades are works of art.
That is an understatment! lol each one is machined to something like 1/1000th mm. basically all are identical. and the way they are cast is unreal. grown form a single cristal of alloy into the whole blade. unreal. and the Tig hand welled compresor side is just amazing. Bet they are better than you local exhaust fabricators! lol also they showed a test of what would happen if a fan blade can loose. suffice to say NOTHING let the engine casing at all! looks spectacular but soo controlled! also they showed a test of blasting goodness only knows how much water directly into the engine and it has to maintain the same amount of thrust as normal.
my dad also told me they used to throw frozed chickens into them at full revs to test them. be intresting to see that. lol
this level of engeering takes the P!SS out of the car industry! we are still drving around in cars with the same engine materials as 60yrs ago! where are the Ti components? where are the new alloys to lighten things up? where si the lelvel of detial that these things have?
Chris.
Ex R-R engineer here.
rhinochopig said:
RizzoTheRat said:
Can anyone remember what this was called? I wouldn't mind watching it if I can find it on iPlayer. I used to design bits of EJ200 for them.
Part of the "how to build..." serieshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00t0yx9/How_...
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