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Europrop TP400 engine for Airbus A400M makes first run

Kieran Daly
 on June 11, 2008 11:51 AM | | Comments (22) | TrackBacks (0) |
It's quite a beast - the "largest engine/prop combination ever to be designed and produced in the Western world" in fact. And here's the first released pix of yesterday's ground run on a C-130 at Marshall Aerospace in Cambridge, UK. The engine, produced by the pan-European Europrop International consortium of Rolls-Royce, ITP, MTU and Snecma is the critical factor in the timing of the first flight of the four-engine A400M this summer. The eight-bladed prop is courtesy of Ratier-Figeac and Hamilton Sundstrand.

A400M engine run.jpg

A400M engine run zoom.JPG

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22 Comments

Anonymous

Now that what I call chocks!

MT Kieran Daly

Indeed, and specially constructed for the purpose.

John S.

Note the two extra bracing struts. Amazing!

Unknown

It looks awesome,

Shame Marshall Aerospace couldn't tell the huge number of employees that made the project possible that the engine run was going to happen as alot of people would have liked to see it...

Oh well, back to excel bashing I go

The Molems

That is proper! Wonder what they use to balance the other wing. Prop looks a bit close to the fuselage though like... wass gaain on!

Hugh Janus

Sounds like another bitter excel bashing glory hunter, I take it they were being paid by there company? ,so what is the problem. Looks like an amazing project to be invloved with though.

Hugh Haddow

OOPS - fitted a prop where a fan should have been.

The Molems

PatladiiiiI!....some next creature likE!

John Demetriou

That's the best air conditioning unit I have ever seen. Bish, bash bosh - the jobs a good'n!

When ducted fans first became flavour of the month I predicted that weight saving would be possible by (a) eliminating the cowl, (b) increasing blade length and (c) reducing the number of blades. 40 years on they've done it!

Blade size is limited by fuselage and ground clearances.

The Molems

YEEAAAH BOI! I bet that prop made a sick sound when it was ground tested bruvs. What izz gaain on!

Tim Westwood

Thats mad init!!

That engine is a monster?! Some next creature like!

Anonymous

Good choice of name Mr Janus. Very appropriate.

Double D

What a hugh one! I've never seen one that big!

Enthusiast

Awesome engine...I can't help but worry about the fatigue implications on the skin.. Let's hope the fatigue guys have done a good job hey? ;-)

Wow, awesome engine. I worked with the allison's and I am amazed by the comparision side by side in size. Thanks.

George St-P

Wow... seems like even the Incredibile Back (aka The Molems) won't be able to face that extraordinary engine!!

Has there been a run on hard hats in Cambridge yet?

Andrew

Maybe they should have hunted up a Belfast.
Looks a bit cruel on the Herc.

More a case of a Belslow I think you'll find.

I always have this fear that suddenly the engine will break loose from it's hinges and flies off into a crowd of highly valueable engineers and technicians in front of it. Imagine if that happens, scary thought huh? (And yes I'm aware that normally nobody would be in front of an engine - but still

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