- Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour
The
Adour jet engine is a two-shaftturbofan developed byRolls-Royce Turbomeca Limited , a joint subsidiary of Rolls-Royce (UK) andTurbomeca (France).History
The Adour was a turbofan engine developed primarily to power the Anglo-French
SEPECAT Jaguar s Fighter-bombers, achieving its first successful test run in 1968. It comes with or without the installation of anafterburner (reheat).To date, more than 2,800 Adours have been produced, for 19 different armed forces with total flying hours logged at over 7 million. 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 theUS Navy .Variants
Reheated
*Adour Mk 101
*Adour Mk 102 - Redesigned reheat system used to power French Jaguar As.
*Adour Mk 104
*Adour Mk 106 - Replacement for the Jaguar's Mk104 engine (developed from the Adour 871) with a reheat section. The RAF refitted its fleet with this engine as part of the GR3 upgrade. [cite web| url=http://www.rolls-royce.com/defence_aerospace/products/combat/adour/tech.jsp |title =Adour, power for the Hawk, Goshawk & Jaguar |publisher =Rolls-Royce plc, Dated: 1 April 2006] In May 2007, following the retirement of the last 16 Jaguars fromNo. 6 Squadron RAF , based atRAF Coningsby , the Adour 106 has been phased out of RAF service. [cite web| url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/jaguar.cfm |title =RAF Jaguar GR3/GR3A |publisher =Royal Air Force, Dated: May 2007]
*Adour Mk 804
*Adour Mk 811Dry
*Adour Mk 151
*Adour Mk 151A - Used by the Red Arrows, includes modified jetpipe for smoke generation.
*Adour Mk 161
*Adour Mk 861
*Adour Mk 871
*Adour Mk 951 - Designed for the latest versions of theBAE Hawk , with improved performance on the 871, with up to twice the service life. The Adour 951 is a more fundamental redesign than the Adour Mk106, featuring an all-new fan and combustor and revised HP and LP turbines.Applications
*
SEPECAT Jaguar
*BAE Hawk
*T-45 Goshawk License-built
; Ishikawa-Harima TF40-IHI-801A
*Mitsubishi F-1
*Mitsubishi T-2 pecifications for Adour Mk 106
jetspecs
type=Turbofan
length=114 inches (2.90 m)
diameter=22.3 inches (0.57 m)
weight=1,784 lb (809 kg)
compressor=2-stage LP, 5-stage HP
combustion=
turbine=1-stage LP, 1-stage HP
fueltype=
oilsystem=
power=
thrust=6,000 lb (27.0 KN) dry / 8,430 lb (37.5 KN) with reheat
compression=10.4
aircon=
turbinetemp=
fuelcon=
specfuelcon=
power/weight=
thrust/weight=4.725:1References
External links
* [http://www.rolls-royce.com/defence_aerospace/downloads/combat/adour.pdf Adour, power for the Hawk, Goshawk & Jaguar]
* [http://www.rolls-royce.com/defence_aerospace/products/combat/adour/default.jsp Rolls-Royce Adour fact sheet]
* [http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/jaguar.cfm RAF Jaguar Specs]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/systems/f405.htm F405 Adour engine]
* [http://www.kensaviation.com/engines/adour.htm Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca Adour]
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