Saturday, October 30, 2010

Pratt & Whitney geared PW1524G testing underway

Pratt & Whitney has entered early testing on the PurePower PW1524G geared turbofan, having achieved idle and full power runs.

The first of eight planned test engines, S/N001, had its first run to idle power on 25 September at the company's West Palm Beach, Florida, facility and was later run to full power, 24,000lbs (107kN) of thrust, on 8 October. To date, the engines have conducted around......

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