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Aero Engine Roadmap 2050 - MTU Aero Engines

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Open Rotor<br />

New <strong>Aero</strong> <strong>Engine</strong> Concepts<br />

Improved Propulsive Efficiency<br />

Development of the new engine concept after the OPEC oil embargo in the USA by<br />

General Electric und Pratt&Whitney-Allison.<br />

• GE36 from GE, driven by a counter-rotating low pressure turbine<br />

• 578-DX from P&W-Allison, driven by a gearbox<br />

Demonstrator flights using B727 and MD80 in the late 1980s<br />

The development was stopped because of falling fuel prices and unsolved noise<br />

problems (noise emission approximately ICAO Stage 3).<br />

Restart of the Open Rotor development by Rolls Royce and GE.<br />

P&W-Allison 578-DX General Electric GE36<br />

Tail mounted<br />

Oct. 28, 2011 <strong>Aero</strong> <strong>Engine</strong> <strong>Roadmap</strong> <strong>2050</strong> - Dr. J. Sieber 17

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