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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Don't believe what you may read in the media 
The last edition of my FCOM (sorry: Flight Crew Operating Manual) says QF trent 900's to be flat rated to 72,000 pounds of thrust.. ie. total of 288K...
..not quite sure where that 320K figure came from....
...anyway they are air breathing engines, that, unlike rockets, literally run out of puff at altitude. |
I was looking at the rated thrust for the Trent 972B engine (80,231lbs). The other engine was a GP7270 (81,500lbs). They were for maximum thrust. It did say that the GP7270 was normally rated at 70,000lbs for the A380. So I imagine the Trents would be rated likewise.
Yep....they need methane/LOX fuel like the Aurora spyplane
That'll give them some more puff
Melt the engines in the process!!!
