Rolls-Royce RB211

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high-bypass turbofan turbofan engine

The Rolls-Royce RB211 is a high-bypass turbofan jet engine that was pioneering in its use of advanced materials and technology and became a cornerstone powerplant for wide-body airliners.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Rolls-Royce RB211 canonical 8
RB211-22 1
RB211-524 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf high-bypass turbofan ⓘ
turbofan engine ⓘ
application narrow-body airliner ⓘ
wide-body airliner ⓘ
bypassRatio high-bypass ⓘ
certificationAuthority UK Civil Aviation Authority ⓘ
surface form: Civil Aviation Authority (UK)

Federal Aviation Administration ⓘ
surface form: Federal Aviation Administration (US)
configuration three-spool ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
designFeature annular combustor ⓘ
axial-flow compressors ⓘ
multi-stage turbine ⓘ
developedFor Lockheed L-1011 TriStar ⓘ
family Rolls-Royce RB211 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rolls-Royce RB211 family
firstRun 1969 ⓘ
fuelType aviation kerosene ⓘ
inService yes ⓘ
introduced early 1970s ⓘ
manufacturer Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ
surface form: Rolls-Royce plc
marketSegment commercial aviation ⓘ
notableCustomer American Airlines ⓘ
British Airways ⓘ
Delta Air Lines ⓘ
United Airlines ⓘ
notableFeature pioneering use of carbon-fibre fan (Hyfil) in early design ⓘ
three-shaft architecture ⓘ
use of advanced materials ⓘ
use of wide-chord fan blades in later variants ⓘ
notableImpact cornerstone powerplant for wide-body airliners ⓘ
foundation for Rolls-Royce Trent engine development ⓘ
programCostIssue development cost overruns ⓘ
relatedEvent contributed to Rolls-Royce bankruptcy in 1971 ⓘ
role civil airliner engine ⓘ
status out of production ⓘ
successor Rolls-Royce Trent family ⓘ
thrustClass around 37,000 to over 60,000 lbf ⓘ
usedOnAircraft Boeing 747 ⓘ
surface form: Boeing 747-200

Boeing 747 ⓘ
surface form: Boeing 747-300

Boeing 747 ⓘ
surface form: Boeing 747-400

Boeing 757 ⓘ
Boeing 767 ⓘ
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar ⓘ
Tupolev Tu-204 (historically) ⓘ
surface form: Tupolev Tu-204

RAF VC10 ⓘ
surface form: Vickers VC10 (testbed)
variant Rolls-Royce RB211 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: RB211-22

Rolls-Royce RB211 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: RB211-524

Rolls-Royce RB211 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: RB211-535

Rolls-Royce RB211 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: RB211-553

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boeing 747SP → engineModel → Rolls-Royce RB211 ⓘ
Boeing 757 → typicalEngines → Rolls-Royce RB211 ⓘ
Boeing 767 → engineType → Rolls-Royce RB211 ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Limited → notableProduct → Rolls-Royce RB211 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce RB211 engine
Rolls-Royce RB211 → family → Rolls-Royce RB211 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce RB211 family
Rolls-Royce RB211 → variant → Rolls-Royce RB211 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: RB211-22
Rolls-Royce RB211 → variant → Rolls-Royce RB211 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: RB211-524
Rolls-Royce RB211 → variant → Rolls-Royce RB211 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: RB211-535
Rolls-Royce RB211 → variant → Rolls-Royce RB211 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: RB211-553
RAF Tristar → engineType → Rolls-Royce RB211 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce RB211 turbofan
Tupolev Tu-204 (historically) → engineOption → Rolls-Royce RB211 ⓘ
subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-204
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar → typicalEngines → Rolls-Royce RB211 ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Conway engine → successor → Rolls-Royce RB211 ⓘ
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Conway
Rolls-Royce aircraft engines → notableModel → Rolls-Royce RB211 ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Trent family → predecessor → Rolls-Royce RB211 ⓘ
TriStar K1 → engineModel → Rolls-Royce RB211 ⓘ