What is the GE90-115b turbine power output in horsepower? The GE90-115b is rated at 513 kN maximum thrust and is often said to have 110,000 shaft horsepower, but I have yet to find any document or specification that backs the claim on horsepower figure.
A comparable engine, the Trent XWB-97 rated at 430 kN and puts out 50,000 shp according to the Rolls-Royce website.
The vast difference in horsepower 50,000 shp vs 110000 shp and not all that huge difference in thrust 430 kN vs 513 kN makes me suspicious if the GE90 actually puts out 110,000 or if this has become a &quot;thing&quot; for the GE90 without being correct. Or, perhaps shaft horsepower and turbine horsepower is not the same?
Does the GE90-115b actually output 110,000 shp?
Based on the GE website, where they used a GE90-115B as a power generation unit, called the LM9000. GE cited 65,000 horsepower, which seems to scaled more reasonably when compared to the RB211 XWB
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