Rolls-royce Share Discussion Threads

[wiltshireram] 06/10/2016 12:01

Anyone know if the Boeing /Qatarii Airlines deal to be announced in the US tomorrow will include RR engines?

[simongn] 03/10/2016 11:06

"Buy British to reap benefits of mini-nuclear power plants, Rolls-Royce tells ministers."

"Rolls-Royce is attempting to capitalise on the Government’s plans for a new industrial strategy with a bold appeal to ministers to choose British firms to develop new “mini-nuclear generators” in the UK.

The company heads what it says is the only British-led consortium in the Government’s £250m competition to develop small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technology.

Ministers hope small nuclear plants, which are yet to be built anywhere in the world, will prove quicker and easier to finance and build than big reactors like Hinkley Point. "

More:

[rogerrail] 27/9/2016 13:23

Production to commence on circa 70 RR powered UAV's for US navy, MQ-4C is development of the Global Hawk :

[rogerrail] 18/9/2016 09:42

Trent700 already fitted to existing HK A330 fleet. RR Also has exclusivity on A330 neo.

[simongn] 17/9/2016 18:01

Fitted with which engine ? The A330-300 can take RR, P&W or GE

[rogerrail] 15/9/2016 13:48

HK airlines confirms order for another 9 A330's.



Also worth noting that it already operates more A330's than A320's, double in fact.

[dafrog] 12/9/2016 09:15

Thanks Roger. Will look at those.

[rogerrail] 12/9/2016 09:09

dafrog

BR700/710/725, AE3007, Tay... Also google RB282

[dafrog] 11/9/2016 19:19

There are certain engine sizes they need to start getting involved in. Executive jet engines for instance. We have turbo-prop Allison but need engines for the mass of Brazilian aircraft and the like. Hopefully one day, post Brexit, we can produce aircraft like Brazil, Sweden, France, Switzerland.....

[carbon man] 11/9/2016 09:51

Not hard to work that one out. Should be a buy depending on Markets next week.

[grahamburn] 10/9/2016 18:29

Major new appointment.... strange day to announce it!



PS One wonders why he's leaving HS2...........

[jdb2005] 09/9/2016 16:39

Thanks Roger - I know some who work in Derby & have plenty of overtime - completing orders.

[rogerrail] 09/9/2016 16:08

The SMR program could be a very lucrative one for RR and could ramp up much faster than I had appreciated , if it wins the UK competition to develop the SMR, RR plans are for 330 people to be employed on the project by the end of next year.



UK government are under severe pressure to implement an effective energy strategy and economic concerns surrounding Brexit should ensure they look for the best deal to help UK manufacturing so RR should be in the box seat.

[jdb2005] 09/9/2016 16:00

Bought RR. at 723.5 - cannot see why it has dropped over 3.5% today.

Goldman Sachs has a conviction sell though

[rogerrail] 09/9/2016 15:57

As well as the icing issue , it appears GE has still to resolve the transfer gearbox problem with 787 Gen-X.





Funny how the press sensationalise RR problems and damp down GE's.

[dafrog] 09/9/2016 08:01

hxxp://www.rolls-royce.com/media/press-releases/yr-2015/pr-28-07-2015-rr-completes-delivery-of-power-propulsion-systems-package.aspx Ship now getting much publicity.

[standish11] 06/9/2016 11:57

Per Flightglobal:
Flag carrier Vietnam Airlines signed a Memorandum of Understanding for 10 additional A350-900s in a deal worth USD$3.08 billion at list prices.

The carrier already has four aircraft in service, with 10 still to be delivered from a previous order. Vietnam Airlines was the first Asian airline to take delivery of the A350. Ends
Obviously the airline is happy with the performance of their in service A350s.

[tlobs2] 04/9/2016 14:10

hxxps://www.pesmedia.com/uk-manufacturing-stages-huge-post-brexit-rebound/


:-)

[simongn] 01/9/2016 19:34

Rayrac,

some good info in this article . . .

"Rolls-Royce's latest troubles signal the drag Trent 1000 engines are causing to the engineer"

"Of the almost 450 Dreamliners in service, Rolls has supplied the engines for 170 of them. A further 700 Dreamliners are on order. Still, the A350 will probably be a bigger market for Rolls."


Here:

[rayrac] 01/9/2016 16:23

The 169 figure I got by looking on line, that are currently in service. But I'm cheered by the standish figures to some extent. However, if the Rolls engine is the most efficient, then why are they the least fav?

I thought the the 3 axial concept was the most economic of the two engines. If it is, then the airline industry is plain stupid but, I do notice the the GE engine is claimed to be about 2000lb lighter dry weight. That could work in GE's favour?

Btw, I've always been interested in aircraft engines, having been to farnborough many times when a production jet engine had not yet reached the giddy heights of 10,000lb thrust! Oh, and when De Haviland crashed into the crowd and the Swift and Hunter were just prototypes. Oh, they were the days!👍ӿ97;

[dafrog] 01/9/2016 08:24

Rayrac should justify his post or remove it.

[standish11] 01/9/2016 08:06

Rayrac
Not sure where you get the figure of 169 from. Of the engine choices declared to date Rolls have 435 whilst GE have 598. Most recent selections have favoured Rolls.
GE also experienced serious problems earlier this year:


Airlines flying Boeing Co.’s 787 Dreamliner jets with the latest General Electric Co. engines were ordered to repair them, or swap out at least one with an older model, in an urgent safety directive issued after an in-flight failure.
A GEnx-1B PIP2, part of a family of engines plagued by issues related to icing, suffered “substantial damage” in the Jan. 29 incident, when ice on the fan blades broke loose, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said in an order published Friday in the Federal Register.
“The potential for common cause failure of both engines in flight is an urgent safety issue,” the FAA said in its order.

[careful] 01/9/2016 08:01

This corrosion is a routine coating development problem.
Not serious at all.
They do not appear to have shed any turbine blades.
No doubt they could run on for thousands of hours without problems in their present condition, but caution and prudence when it comes to safety are important.
Even if a blade was lost it would be contained safely.