Thank You! Dixi 188
Yes.. indeed I beg your pardon Dixi. Thats exactly the information I was looking for. As far as I was aware before the Qantas/A380 incident that 150C was pretty much tops.
The NTSB has published a preliminary report about the incident and it cleary shows a 180C constant temp on this T972 engine. Further reading revealed a max of 196C. It also has a print out record of "oil chemistry".
My suspicion is that Rolls Royce have robbed cold air from the cooling sysytem to get more thrust out the engine. I am not sure if all these RB211 series engines...they have three main discs with one contra-rotating...run at a higher oil temp then GE-P&W. Are all Rolls Royce engines running at 180C at cruise?
All I am asking here is what is normal oil temp for your aircraft and your engine. Of course there will be locations within the engine where the oil runs at its hottest but the normal guage reading is of interest to me. Thanks for your help.