Kaitak744 From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 2208 posts, RR: 3 Posted (5 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 3908 times:
With the lack of technical information on Airbus' website, I can not find the answer to the following:
Which engine on the A330 is a better choice in terms of cost, maintenance, emissions, fuel consumption, ect.?
PGNCS From United States of America, joined Apr 2007, 2516 posts, RR: 45 Reply 1, posted (5 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 3833 times:
Quoting Kaitak744 (Thread starter): With the lack of technical information on Airbus' website, I can not find the answer to the following:
Which engine on the A330 is a better choice in terms of cost, maintenance, emissions, fuel consumption, ect.?
If there were a single right answer for this question, there would only be one engine offered. Competition is very beneficial for the acquiring airline.
747fan From United States of America, joined Jun 2007, 1165 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (5 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 3802 times:
I know that the most powerful engine offered is the Rolls-Royce Trent 772 (72,000 lbs. of thrust); I also believe that its the market leader for the A330, followed by the PW4064/4068 and the GE CF6-80E2. Knowing Rolls-Royce's reliability reputation with the RB211, the Trent probably is the most reliable but also is likely rather costly to maintain given its three-spool design. This also means that it probably has worse fuel consumption than the PW & GE due to the fact that the RR 3-spool engines such as the Trent are heavier. The PW probably has the worst emissions - I've seen photos with exhaust trails coming out the back of PW4000's (not only the A330 but also the 777, 744, 767, etc.) that made them look like they were JT8D-powered.
F14D4ever From United States of America, joined May 2005, 319 posts, RR: 4 Reply 3, posted (5 years 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 3744 times:
Quoting 747fan (Reply 2): followed by ... the GE CF6-80E2
Correction: CF6-80E1
Correction: According to the AvWeek annual Source Book, the CF6-80E1A3 is tops with 72,000 pounds thrust, beating the highest thrust Trent variant, the 772B, which only offers 71,100 pounds.
747fan From United States of America, joined Jun 2007, 1165 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (5 years 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 3717 times:
Correction: According to the AvWeek annual Source Book, the CF6-80E1A3 is tops with 72,000 pounds thrust, beating the highest thrust Trent variant, the 772B, which only offers 71,100 pounds.
JetMech From Australia, joined Mar 2006, 2587 posts, RR: 53 Reply 5, posted (5 years 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 3675 times:
Quoting 747fan (Reply 2): This also means that it probably has worse fuel consumption than the PW & GE due to the fact that the RR 3-spool engines such as the Trent are heavier.
Possibly. For the T-700 and the equivalent P&W and GE engines on the A330, the RR may be the heaviest, but on the 777, the T-800 is easily the lightest of the three engine options.
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