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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kmc madushan" data-source="post: 19252979" data-attributes="member: 341750">Airbus’ A350-1000 Trent XWB-97 engine begins flight-test campaign on A380 flying-test-bed<img src="http://www.airbus.com/typo3temp/_processed_/csm_A350-1000_FTB_FIRST_FLIGHT-LANDING-002_a2b31d5ce1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The A350-1000’s new engine – the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 – has successfully made its first flight-test aboard Airbus’ dedicated A380 “Flying-Test-Bed” aircraft. The aircraft took off from Airbus’ facilities in Toulouse and performed a flight of 4 hours, 14 mins during which the engine covered a wide range of power settings at altitudes up to 35,000ft. The engine’s operation and handling qualities were evaluated from low speeds to Mach 0.87. The Trent XWB-97 development engine was mounted on the A380’s inner left engine pylon, replacing one of the aircraft’s Trent 900 engines. The crew on board this first flight were: Airbus Experimental test pilots Etienne de Malleray and Hugues Van der Stichel; Experimental Test Flight Engineer Gerard Maisonneuve and Flight Test Engineers Emmanuele Costanzo and Jean-Philippe Cottet. Commencing around nine months prior to the A350-1000’s first flight, this engine flight-test programme will include hot weather as well as icing condition testing campaigns. The specially enhanced Trent XWB engine produces 97,000lbs of thrust on take-off – making it the most powerful engine ever developed for an Airbus aircraft.Source : Airbus</blockquote>

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