Rolls-Royce RB.50 Trent

For the modern turbofan engine, see Rolls-Royce Trent.
RB.50 Trent
A Rolls-Royce Trent turboprop on display at the Science Museum (London)
Type Turboprop
Manufacturer Rolls-Royce Limited
First run June 1944
Major applications Gloster Meteor(Trent Meteor version)
Developed from Rolls-Royce Derwent
Developed into Rolls-Royce Clyde

The Rolls-Royce RB.50 Trent was the first Rolls-Royce turboprop engine.[1]

Design and development

The Trent was based on a concept by Sir Frank Whittle. It was a Derwent Mark II turbojet engine with a cropped impeller (turbine unchanged)[2] and a reduction gearbox (designed by A A Rubbra) connected to a five-bladed Rotol propeller. The Trent ran for 633 hours on test before being installed in a Gloster Meteor jet fighter which flew for the first time on 20 September 1945 at the start of a 298 hour flight test programme.[3]

Applications

Engines on display

A preserved Rolls-Royce Trent turboprop engine is on display at the London Science Museum.

Specifications(Trent)

The sole Trent Meteor EE227

General characteristics

Components

Performance

See also

Related development
Comparable engines
Related lists

References

Notes

  1. Gunston 1989, p.147.
  2. "Rolls-Royce Aero Engines" Bill Gunston, Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989, ISBN 1-85260-037-3, p.119
  3. Pugh, Peter (2001). The Magic of a Name, Part Two. Icon Books. ISBN 1-84046-284-1.
  4. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1946/1946%20-%200240.html

Bibliography

  • Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9

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