Comments by "Be Kind To Birds" (@BeKindToBirds) on "RB.211- The Engine That Sank and Then Saved Rolls Royce" video.

  1. GE is now working on an "open fan" design as a furthering of the high bypass turbofan. Though afaik only computer models exist or have been released. And it is also interesting to see some major differences between how the US and UK support (or supported in the past) the development for these companies. It is oft criticized as fat cat and pork belly contracting (for good reason) but you cannot deny that the US does a lot to prevent the companies from existential risk when developing new technologies. I'm sure the events of this very video were used by US lobbies to argue for those protected development contracts. Even today with the new vertical lift program the US foots the majority of the bill for Bell and for Sikorsky-Boeing to ensure that in 5 years Bell will be able to put their best design into practice and Sikorsky-Boeing will have all the resources they need to perfect their designs. The language used in these contracts are quite telling "Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator" contracts, prior to the contract to compete to win the contract to build. I am certain that the near failure of RR are contributing to this kind of nurturing contract here in the states. Perhaps even more so why they persist in the modern era than WW2 and the Apollo program! Thank you for the video and presentation.
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