- Rolls-Royce AE 2100
The Rolls-Royce AE 2100 is a
turboprop . Developed byAllison Engine Company , now part ofRolls-Royce North America , derivative of the Allison T406 (Rolls-Royce AE 1107C-Liberty ) turboshaft engine, and shares the same high-pressure core as the engine, as does theRolls-Royce AE 3007 . The engine is a two-shaft design and is the first to use dualFADEC s (full authority digital engine control) to control both engine and propeller.There are two versions of the engine. The civil AE2100A and the defence variant the AE2100D3. The main differences are the AE2100D3 lacks an oil tank and is slightly longer.
The engine uses new six-bladed Dowty propellers for use on the 50-seat Saab 2000 and the Lockheed C-130J Hercules military transport. According to Lockheed each engine develops 4,591 shaft horsepower, an increase of about 300 over the engines in the 'H' model C-130.
Applications
;AE2100A
*Saab 2000
*IPTN N250 - prototype only made byIPTN of Indonesia;AE2100D3
*C-130J Super Hercules
*C-27J Spartan
*ShinMaywa US-2
*P-3 Orion (test-bed) [ [http://civil.rolls-royce.com/AE-2100-turboprop-engines/ AE 2100 Description] ]ee also
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Rolls-Royce T56 References
* Rolls-Royce - http://www.rolls-royce.com/defence_aerospace/downloads/transport/ae2100.pdf
* Lockheed Martin C-130J specification booklet - http://www.c-130j.ca/document/Spec_Book.pdf
* Canadian C-130J site - http://www.c-130j.ca/index.php?page=capabilities&lang_id=1&page_id=33External links
* [http://www.rolls-royce.com/defence_aerospace/products/transport/ae2100/default.jsp AE 2100 product website] at rolls-royce.com
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