Russian firm Klimov may know a thing or two about designing aero engines, but the crowds on its stand yesterday weren’t there to see turbines or intakes.
In fact, the only intakes were of the sharp breath variety when these dancers - ‘the Klimov Girls’ - sashayed on to the stand in their sheer black mini-dresses. Perhaps even the most cutting-edge technology requires a bit of window dressing now and again to become a show-stopper!
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Source: Flight International
The engine-maker says the successful demonstration involved a GE Aerospace CT7 turboshaft engine combined with internally-produced electric machine and power electronics.
GE Aerospace in 2025 plans to use two of the world’s fastest computers, both at US-government-funded research facilities, to study how its open-fan engine concept will integrate with an aircraft’s wings and other structures.
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has embarked on a government-supported project to evaluate using hydrogen as fuel for a PW127XT turboprop.
