GE9X - the most powerful aircraft engine produces lifting thrust of more than 60 tons

We are talking about the largest and most powerful aircraft engine ever created by our civilization. In any case, at the moment this unit simply has no competitors. It has already passed all tests and has all the necessary certificates. However, it still does not come to commercial exploitation.


However, he has already been in action. True, it is not entirely clear why the designers decided to test the unit in conjunction with less powerful engines installed under the wing of the Boeing 747. Although, most likely they just wanted to play it safe. It's no joke, the largest and most powerful engine costs accordingly. The certification process for the first aircraft powered by these engines is currently underway. And if everything goes well, in 1,5-2 years the GE9X will go into normal operation and become serial.

The motor weighs almost 10 kilograms, and the fan of this “monster” has a diameter of 000 meters. But such dimensions did not lead to an increase in the number of composite blades. Their number, on the contrary, has decreased to 3,4. You can find out more details about the new product and what records it has already broken from the video that was kindly provided to us by the Aviasmotr channel.