Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour

The Rolls -Royce Turbomeca Adour is a two-shaft turbofan engine of the Rolls -Royce Turbomeca Lmt. , A joint subsidiary of Rolls- Royce ( UK) and Turbomeca was (France ) developed. It is named after the river Adour in southwest France.

History

The Adour has been developed primarily for fighter-bomber SEPECAT Jaguar. The first successful tests were carried out in 1968. It is produced in different versions with or without afterburner.

By July 2009, more than 2,800 engines were built of this type and shipped to over 20 different armed forces. In December 2009, it reached a total of 7,000,000 flight hours. The U.S. military uses the engine in the T -45 Goshawk under the designation F405 -RR -401.

Versions

Prototypes

  • Ten units were built for testing at Rolls -Royce and Turbomeca.
  • 25 pieces for the Jaguar prototypes

With afterburner

  • Adour Mk 101 - First production version of the Jaguar, 40 built.
  • Adour Mk 102 - Second production version with afterburner
  • Adour Mk 104 -
  • Adour Mk 106 - replacement for the Mk104 engine in the Jaguar GR3 ( developed from the Adour 871 ) with afterburner.
  • Adour Mk 801 - version for the Mitsubishi F-1 & T -2 ( JASDF )
  • TF40 - IHI - 801A - From Ishikawajima Harima - built licensed version of the MK 801 for the Mitsubishi F-1 & T -2 ( JASDF )
  • Adour Mk 804 - From HAL built in license version for Phase 2 of the Indian Air Force Jaguars
  • Adour Mk 811 - From HAL built in license version for Phase 2-6 Jaguars of the Indian Air Force
  • Adour Mk 821 - In the development befindliches engine upgrade of the Mk804 and Mk811 for the Jaguar aircraft of the Indian Air Force.

Without afterburner

  • Adour Mk 151
  • Adour Mk 151A - Of the Red Arrows modified version with smoke generators.
  • Adour Mk 851
  • Adour Mk 861
  • Adour Mk 871
  • F405 -RR -401 - Similar configuration as Mk 871, for the U.S. Navy T -45 Goshawk.
  • Adour Mk 951 - developed for the latest versions of the BAE Hawk, as well as the BAE Taranis and Dassault nEUROn UCAV engine. It is a fundamental development of the Adour Mk 106 with increased power (29 kN thrust ) and up to twice as long compared to the Mk 871 It has a completely new fan and new combustion chamber, revised high - and low-pressure turbines and FADEC. The approval was granted in 2005.
  • F405 -RR -402 - upgrade the F405 -RR -401 Mk 951, including technology, admission 2008 Expected use from 2012..

Use

  • Aermacchi MB -338 (not built )
  • BAE Hawk
  • BAE Taranis ( UCAV technology demonstrator )
  • Dassault Neuron ( UCAV technology demonstrator )
  • T -45 Goshawk
  • SEPECAT Jaguar
  • Mitsubishi F-1
  • Mitsubishi T-2

Data

BAE Systems Hawk BAE Systems Taranis List of aircraft engines Flight International General Electric J85 General Electric F101 General Electric F110 Rolls-Royce Spey General Electric F118 Williams F121 General Electric F404 General Electric F414
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