GE-Rolls Examines F136 After Fan Problem
By Guy Norris guy_norris@aviationweek.com
LOS ANGELES
General Electric and Rolls-Royce are focusing on manufacturing records as they investigate the causes of an incident that forced the shutdown of a F136 development engine on Sept 23.
The shutdown was triggered when the F136 endurance engine, 008, “experienced an anomaly at near-maximum fan speed,” the GE-Rolls Fighter Engine Team says ...