A400M cuts its first breeze.Touted at the 'fifth contractual milestone' in the A400M programme, Snecma ran up the first engine and propeller propeller, device consisting of a hub with one or more blades that propels a craft to which it is attached by rotating its blades in a fluid such as air or water. combination in a demonstration to Airbus Military Airbus Military SL (Sociedad Limitada) is a subsidiary of EADS created for the management of the A400M project, taking over from Euroflag. The company was established in January 1999 as the Airbus Military Company SAS. representatives. The three-shaft, high-performance Europrop International TP400-D6 gas turbine engine fitted with Ratier-Figeac's 5.3-metre, eight-bladed, composite FH386 propeller constitutes the most powerful turboprop turboprop: see turbine. turboprop Hybrid engine that provides jet thrust and also drives a propeller. It is similar to the turbojet except that an added turbine, behind the combustion chamber, works through a shaft and speed-reducing gears to turn a powerplant available in the western world and will allow the A400M to match the cruising speeds cruising speed n → velocidad f de crucero cruising speed n → vitesse f de croisière cruising speed cruise n and altitudes of today's jet-powered aircraft. |
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