Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour

Adour
An Adour Mk 102 at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
Type Turbofan
Manufacturer Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Limited
First run 1968
Major applications BAE Hawk
McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk
Mitsubishi F-1
SEPECAT Jaguar
Number built >2,800


The Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour is a two-shaft low bypass turbofan aircraft engine developed by Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Limited, a joint subsidiary of Rolls-Royce (UK) and Turbomeca (France). The engine is named after the Adour, a river in south western France.[1]

History

The Adour is a turbofan engine developed primarily to power the Anglo-French SEPECAT Jaguar fighter-bomber, achieving its first successful test run in 1968. It is produced in versions with or without reheat.

As of July 2009 more than 2,800 Adours have been produced, for over 20 different armed forces with total flying hours reaching 8 million in December 2009.[2] The U.S. military designation for this engine is the F405-RR-401 (a derivative of the Adour Mk 871), which is currently used to power the fleet of Boeing / BAE Systems T-45 Goshawk trainer jets of the United States Navy.

Variants

Bench engines
Ten prototype engines were built for testing by both Rolls-Royce and Turbomeca.[3]
Flight development engines
Development engines for the Jaguar prototypes, 25 built.[3]

Reheated (Afterburning)

Adour Mk 811 displayed at HAL Aerospace Museum

Dry (Non-afterburning)

Higher bypass

Applications

Licence-built

Ishikawajima-Harima TF40-IHI-801A

Specifications (Adour Mk 106)

Data from Rolls-Royce[9]

General characteristics

Components

Performance

See also


Related lists

References

Notes
  1. Gunston 1989, p.155.
  2. Rolls-Royce PLC -Adour product page Retrieved: 21 July 2009
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Development of the Adour". Flight International: 649–650. 1973-04-26.
  4. "Adour, power for the Hawk, Goshawk & Jaguar". Rolls-Royce plc, Dated: 1 April 2006.
  5. "RAF Jaguar GR3/GR3A". Royal Air Force, Dated: May 2007.
  6. "Hawk Trainer Aircraft". Air Force Technology. 2009. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
  7. "BAE Systems Taranis". FlugRevue. 2007. Retrieved 2006-12-09.
  8. "Rolls-Royce Adour Factsheet" (PDF).
  9. Rolls-Royce Adour fact sheet Retrieved: 21 July 2009
Bibliography
  • Bill, Gunston (1989). World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 978-1-85260-163-8. 

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