jet aircraft Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:04:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 A New "Open Rotor" Jet Engine That Could Reduce Fuel Consumption https://www.greenoptimistic.com/open-rotor-jet-engine-reduce-fuel-consumption-20081027/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/open-rotor-jet-engine-reduce-fuel-consumption-20081027/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:04:40 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=1081 NASA and GE Aviation are testing a new “open rotor” jet engine with a different design that puts the fan blades on the outside of the engine. The jet fuel consumption will be reduced by more than 30 percent. In the 80s, NASA and GE designed the engine named GE36, and developed it into a […]

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