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    The European Aviation Safety Agency issued a Type Certificate for the Rolls-Royce RB211 Trent 900 engine on October 29, 2004. [1] The Trent 900 is the engine used in the Airbus A380 and weighs approximately 6,300 kg, is 5.3 meters long and 3 meters in diameter. [2] It is a three-shaft, high bypass ratio engine with full electronic controls and counter-rotating compressor and turbine shafts, the first for a civil aircraft engine. [3]

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    The European Aviation Safety Agency issued a Type Certificate for the Rolls-Royce RB211 Trent 900 engine on October 29, 2004. [1] The Trent 900 is the engine used in the Airbus A380 and weighs approximately 6,300 kg, is 5.3 meters long and 3 meters in diameter. [2] It is a three-shaft, high bypass ratio engine with full electronic controls and counter-rotating compressor and turbine shafts, the first for a civil aircraft engine. [3]

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    The European Aviation Safety Agency issued a Type Certificate for the Rolls-Royce RB211 Trent 900 engine on October 29, 2004. [1] The Trent 900 is the engine used in the Airbus A380 and weighs approximately 6,300 kg, is 5.3 meters long and 3 meters in diameter. [2] It is a three-shaft, high bypass ratio engine with full electronic controls and counter-rotating compressor and turbine shafts, the first for a civil aircraft engine. [3]

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    EASA TC for the Rolls-Royce RB211 Trent 900 engine!

    In the middle of its move from Brussels to Cologne, the European Aviation Safety Agency was able to issue on 29
    October 2004 a Type Certificate (TC) for the Rolls-Royce RB211 Trent 900 engine (the engine for the Airbus
    A380):
    A few technical details:

    Weight of the engine itself is roughly 6300 kg.


    Length 5,3 m, Diameter ca. 3 m and with all externals roughly 4 m

    Three shaft high bypass ratio engine with full electronic controls.
    For the first time in civil area the shafts connecting 3 compressors (LP, IP HP) with the 3 turbines (LP,IP,HP)
    are counter rotating.

    Take-off Thrust: Between 330 and 375 kN (74 000 – 84 000 pound) dependant on actual variant.

    The Airbus A380 (to be featured with 4 Trent 900 engines) will be able in future to take off with a thrust of up
    to 1500 kN (or 336 000 pound)
    EASA Type Certification ceremony for the Trent 900 on 29th October 2004:
    Rolls-Royce Chief engineer Rob Savidge showing proudly the EASA TC just received.
    Persons from left to right:
    F. Copigneaux, Deputy Certification Director,
    K. Böwing, Certification Manager Propulsion
    N. Lohl, Certification Director
    R. Savidge, Rolls-Royce Trent900 Chief Engineer
    T. Colling , Project Certification Manager
    D. Johnson, Rolls-Royce Airworthiness Engineer

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