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Monday, July 24, 2017 3:51:07 PM
New One-Of-A-Kind Turboprop Engine Delivers Jet-Like Simplicity To Pilots
Three recent related articles about GE's new Advanced Turboprop engine.
At ge.com - New One-Of-A-Kind Turboprop Engine Delivers Jet-Like Simplicity To Pilots - Jul 23, 2017
At ainonline.com - Textron, GE Report Progress on Cessna Denali Turboprop - July 24, 2017
At ge.com - Mad Props: A 3D-Printed Airplane Engine Will Run This Year - Jun 19, 2017
The introduction to the first linked article:
GE Aviation’s Paul Corkery became a leader of an engineering revolution three years ago when he and his team started building an aircraft engine from large sections that had been 3D printed as one piece. They used additive manufacturing methods, a catchall label that includes 3D printing, to combine 855 engine components into just a dozen parts. The simpler design reduced weight, improved fuel burn by as much as 20 percent and gave the engine 10 percent more power. The company will start testing the Advanced Turboprop, as the engine’s called, this fall to prepare it for its maiden flight in 2018.
The design was so successful that Corkery’s boss, Brad Mottier, who runs GE Aviation’s Business and General Aviation division, dispatched the engineer to spend part of the spring flying around in a succession of snazzy new HondaJets and other planes. But, this was no Christmas bonus. Both Corkery and Mottier are pilots and they wanted to test the Advanced Turboprop’s second groundbreaking innovation: the pilot’s ability to control a turboprop plane as if it were a jet. “We are the first in this class of engine,” says Corkery, who is bringing a mockup of the engine to this year’s EAA AirVenture fly-in, which starts Monday in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. “No other engine can do this.”
The ATP’s cubist-looking fuel heater is honeycombed with tiny complex passages. GE will 3D print it. Image credit: Tomas Kellner/GE Reports
Three recent related articles about GE's new Advanced Turboprop engine.
At ge.com - New One-Of-A-Kind Turboprop Engine Delivers Jet-Like Simplicity To Pilots - Jul 23, 2017
At ainonline.com - Textron, GE Report Progress on Cessna Denali Turboprop - July 24, 2017
At ge.com - Mad Props: A 3D-Printed Airplane Engine Will Run This Year - Jun 19, 2017
The introduction to the first linked article:
GE Aviation’s Paul Corkery became a leader of an engineering revolution three years ago when he and his team started building an aircraft engine from large sections that had been 3D printed as one piece. They used additive manufacturing methods, a catchall label that includes 3D printing, to combine 855 engine components into just a dozen parts. The simpler design reduced weight, improved fuel burn by as much as 20 percent and gave the engine 10 percent more power. The company will start testing the Advanced Turboprop, as the engine’s called, this fall to prepare it for its maiden flight in 2018.
The design was so successful that Corkery’s boss, Brad Mottier, who runs GE Aviation’s Business and General Aviation division, dispatched the engineer to spend part of the spring flying around in a succession of snazzy new HondaJets and other planes. But, this was no Christmas bonus. Both Corkery and Mottier are pilots and they wanted to test the Advanced Turboprop’s second groundbreaking innovation: the pilot’s ability to control a turboprop plane as if it were a jet. “We are the first in this class of engine,” says Corkery, who is bringing a mockup of the engine to this year’s EAA AirVenture fly-in, which starts Monday in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. “No other engine can do this.”
The ATP’s cubist-looking fuel heater is honeycombed with tiny complex passages. GE will 3D print it. Image credit: Tomas Kellner/GE Reports
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