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1986
1986 - 2403.PDF
Eurojet is born Eurojet is the name chosen for the company that will build the European Fighter Aircraft (EFA) engine. EJ200 is the designation of the 20,0001b thrust engines that will power the EFA. • Final details of the collabo ration between Fiat, MTU, Rolls-Royce, and Sener were agreed just before Farn- borough opened, on August 29. Rolls and MTU will each take a 33 per cent share, Fiat 21 per cent, and Sener 13 per cent, in line with each coun try's share of the 800 EFAs planned. EJ200 is a 20,0001b thrust- class "leaky" turbojet with a 10:1 thrust-to-weight ratio and a 0-4:1 bypass ratio. The engine will be optimised totally for the air combat role, and will be just capable of taking EFA supersonic with out reheat. Agreeing workshares was quite straightforward, says Eurojet technical director Arthur Shaeffer. Unlike the RB.199, however, specific engine modules are no longer the exclusive domain of one company. Instead, partners will work jointly on major modules. MTU has prime respon sibility for low-pressure (LP) and high-pressure (HP) com pressors, with Rolls contri buting around 10 per cent of the effort. Rolls leads the HP turbine module and inter mediate casing, joined on each with MTU and Fiat respec tively. Rolls will have total responsibility for the eom- bustor system and Fiat for the gearbox. Relatively new to the aero engine business, Sener will produce the LP shaft, jet pipe, exhaust diffuser, and convergent-divergent nozzle. The Spanish company has "excellent" capabilites, says Schaeffer, particularly in the area of programme manage ment. Eurojet's first chairman has yet to be appointed, but the managing director is Colin Green of Rolls-Royce, com mercial director Menotti Zinna of Fiat, and director of product assurance Sener's Juan Villate. Following Turbo-Union practice, Euro jet Gmbh will be registered in West Germany and located in Munich, employing a staff of 12, three from each participant. The Eurojet programme will be similar in size to that of Turbo-Union's RB.199. Some 2,000 engines will be needed to power the 800 aircraft for Britain, Germany, Italy, and Spain. First run of a prototype engine is expected at the end of 1988. Flight clearance should follow 30 months later, leading to production deliveries at the end of 1994. • General Electric announced that its 27,0001b-thrust F110 fighter engine entered service on US Air Force F-16C/Ds in August. The engine has been selected to power US Navy F-16N adversary aircraft and Israeli, Turkish, and Greek F-16C/Ds, as well as US Navy F-14Ds. Pratt & Whitney's competing engine, the F100-PW-220, entered service on USAF F-15s in July, but will not power USAF F-16s until mid-1987. Meanwhile, deliveries of -220-powered F-16s to Egypt and Korea have begun, and Singapore and Thailand will begin receiving FlOO-powered F-16s in 1988. To keep competition alive, both GE and Pratt have been funded to develop 29,0001b- thrust F110 and F100 deriva tives. Designated the -229, Pratt's uprated F100 begins flight-tests later this year. FARNBOROUGH REPORT EAP looks for funds British Aerospace's Experi mental Aircraft Programme (EAP) technology demonstra tor made its public debut at Farnborough only to end its week of exposure in a wrangle over future programme running costs. EAP was originally financed by British Aerospace and several other UK aero space manufacturers, plus inputs from the West German and Italian companies part nering BAe in Panavia, and the UK Ministry of Defence, with the latter contributing £80 million on top of the £100 million raised by industry. The £180 million was to cover EAP up to and including its first flight, which took place on August 8. Since then the MoD has contributed no money, and EAP's flying subsequent to the maiden flight, including displaying at Farnborough, has been paid for by industry Talks between the MoD and BAe are continuing, but another source of funding could be the quadri-national Eurofighter programme. EAP technology will obviously find its way into EFA (but at pre sent there is no formal agree ment), and the four countries in that programme—Britain, Italy, Spain, and West Germany—might contribute towards EAP costs. Adour 2000 unveiled Rolls-Royce and Turbomeca unveiled a new family of engines, designated Adour 2000, at Farnborough. They are aimed at the trainer and light attack aircraft market of the 1990s and beyond. The Adour 2000 will have two derivatives: the RTM 543-01 with 4,500-5,0001b thrust, and the larger-fanned RTM 543-40 with 6,5001b thrust. Rolls-Royce Turbomeca says that the objective is to produce a range of engines with high thrust-to-weight ratio using the established Adour core with a new two- stage fan. FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 13 September 1986
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