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The Rolls-Royce RB.50 Trent was the first Rolls-Royce turboprop engine.[1]

RB.50 Trent
A Rolls-Royce Trent turboprop on display at the Science Museum (London)
Type	Turboprop
Manufacturer	Rolls-Royce Limited
First run	June 1944
Major applications	Gloster Meteor(Trent Meteor version)
Developed from	Rolls-Royce Derwent
Developed into	Rolls-Royce Clyde

Design and development

The Trent was based on a concept by Sir Frank Whittle. It was a Derwent Mark II turbojet engine with a cropped impeller (turbine unchanged)[2] and a reduction gearbox (designed by A A Rubbra) connected to a five-bladed Rotol propeller. The Trent ran for 633 hours on test before being installed in a Gloster Meteor jet fighter which flew for the first time on 20 September 1945 at the start of a 298-hour flight test programme.[3]

Applications

• Gloster Meteor

Engines on display

A preserved Rolls-Royce Trent turboprop engine is on display at the London Science Museum.

Specifications

General characteristics

• Type: Turboprop
• Length:
• Diameter:
• Dry weight: 1,000 lb turbine unit, reduction gear 250lb, propeller 250 lb, total engine/propeller weight 1,500 lb[4]

Components

• Compressor: 1-stage double-sided centrifugal compressor
• Combustors: 10 x can combustion chambers
• Turbine: Single-stage axial
• Fuel type: Kerosene
• Oil system: pressure feed, dry sump with scavenge, cooling and filtration

Performance

• Maximum power output: 750 shp, with 1,250 lb (570 kg) residual thrust
• Power-to-weight ratio:

See also

• Jendrassik Cs-1, first turboprop engine

Related development

• Rolls-Royce Derwent
• Rolls-Royce Clyde

Comparable engines

• General Electric T31

Related lists

• List of aircraft engines

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rolls-Royce RB.50 Trent.

• "The First Propeller Turbine Engine to Fly" a 1946 Rolls-Royce advertisement in Flight
• "Know-How From the Trent" a 1947 Flight article
• Trent Meteor "In the Air" - a 1948 Flight article on flying the Trent Meteor

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На других языках

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- [en] Rolls-Royce RB.50 Trent

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[es] Rolls Royce Trent (turbohélice)

El Rolls-Royce Trent o RB.50 fue el primer motor turbohélice de Rolls-Royce.[1]

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[fr] Rolls-Royce RB.50 Trent

Le Rolls-Royce RB.50 Trent fut le premier turbopropulseur à avoir été conçu par la société britannique Rolls-Royce[2].

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