joehenri 15 years ago

Engines

A Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine on the wing of an Airbus A380The A380 can be fitted with two types of engines: A380-841, -842 and -843F with Rolls-Royce Trent 900, and A380-861 and -863F with Engine Alliance GP7000 turbofans. The Trent 900 is a derivative of the Trent 800, and the GP7000 has roots from the GE90 and PW4000. The Trent 900 core is a scaled version of the Trent 500, but incorporates the swept fan technology of the stillborn Trent 8104.[101] The GP7200 has a GE90-derived core and PW4090-derived fan and low-pressure turbo-machinery.[102] Only two of the four engines are fitted with thrust reversers