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Old 20th June 2004 | 21:17
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casual observer
 
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There was talk of the T900 for the A380 being RR's first contra-rotating engine as an improved bearing design had been produced
The Trent 900 will not have conter-rotating spools, but the Trent 1000 will, so will GE's B7E7 engine. GE's Unducted Prop Fan (UDF) had counter-rotating LP spools. The PW6000 will have counter-rotating HP-LP spools. In fact, because it has counter-rotating spools, the fan rotates in a direction opposite to all the other P&W commercial fans, that is, clockwise foward-looking-aft. See the picture in the following link:

http://www.pratt-whitney.com/prod_comm_pw6000.asp
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