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Originally Posted by El Bunto
The proposed 3000 - 4000 shp RR turboprop was the RB.510. At one point there was a proposal for a 748 successor using a pair of those engines on a new wing mated to mostly-a-146 fuselage.
I can't imagine why Rolls concluded that wouldn't be a success.
A Q400 / ATR-72 sized aircraft a few years before the above were launched? Could work, offer a freight version and you've got a next-gen Electra / Merchantman replacement.