Txiki1uk From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (9 years 3 months 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 2913 times:
Whilst waiting on my BD flight from MAD-LHR on Tuesday, I was observing the a/c in front of us during t/o. My question is that there was an IB 752 that took off and had an extremely smoky left engine, smoking more than a B732. The other engine was fine, but the left engine wasn't. Is there any reason why one engine would smoke a lot more than the other?
N243NW From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1491 posts, RR: 21 Reply 2, posted (9 years 3 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 2778 times:
Yes, indeed the -535s can get a bit sooty, especially during start-up. In fact, I was watching the PHL webcam from http://www.jfktower.com/liveatc.htm a few weeks ago when I noticed a plume of blue smoke just barely within the view of the camera. When a UA 757 taxied by a few seconds later, it had become clear that it was the one that was emitting the smoke. In your case, it was probably just residual fuel from start-up or the previous shutdown being ignited in the tailpipe during takeoff. Rather common on 757s.
-N243NW
L-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 29350 posts, RR: 62 Reply 3, posted (9 years 3 months 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 2697 times:
Engines are too expensive to remove as pairs.
So you end up with engines with different times. And figure that the closer to O/H an engine gets the less power it is going to produce, the more fuel it is going to burn, and the more smoky it will get.
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Txiki1uk From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (9 years 3 months 21 hours ago) and read 2664 times:
Guys, this wasn't on start up. It was during t/o and initial climb. The smoke was not blue, but similar to the kind of smoke a 732 puts out when taking off and climbing. I have never seen a 757 with such a sooty engine during this phase of flight. It's a shame I didn't have my camera out.
DeltaMD11 From United States of America, joined Dec 2002, 1698 posts, RR: 38 Reply 7, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 2286 times:
Txi,
I wasn't talking about the engine on start up...I was talking about when it is in general operation. The smoke has a blueish tint to it....you see it commonly on the RR Trent 800's as well.
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N243NW From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1491 posts, RR: 21 Reply 8, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 1972 times:
Yakfixer-
You are correct. It probably wasn't a UA aircraft I saw with the smoke at PHL. I can't remember what airline it was, though. Do DL or NW have any RR powered 752s? Might have been one of those. Thanks for pointing that out.
-N243NW
MD11LuxuryLinr From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1385 posts, RR: 16 Reply 9, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 1954 times:
Nah.. if your were watching a PHL cam you more than likely saw a US Airways 757, they're all RR powered.. We get about a thousand pass through here a day. (sarcastic). The only other US carrier that flies Rolls powered 757s through here is AA.
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N243NW From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1491 posts, RR: 21 Reply 10, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1768 times:
Now that I remember, it was probably a US Airways plane I saw. Makes perfect sense; thanks for clearing that up, MD11.
-N243NW
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