30 July 2008
<b>News from<br> <a href=”http://www.airventure.org”><img src=”images/airventure2k8.gif” border=”0″><br>Oshkosh</a></b>
Rolls-Royce has unveiled a new turboprop which it hopes will ‘capture significant market share in the light, fixed-wing general aviation segment’.
The RR500 is multi-fuel capable, can develop 350 to 450 shp and should give ‘excellent alittude performance’. It is based on the RR300, which was <a href=’http://www.flyer.co.uk/news/newsfeed.php?artnum=488′ target=’_blank’>introduced last year</a> to power the upcoming Robinson R66.
According to the Rolls-Royce ten-year market forecast, ‘2500 to 3000 of these light [light, fixed-wing general aviation] aircraft will be delivered annually between 2010 and 2020’. The company already has a production line producing the RR300, which will also be able to turn out the RR500.
