The flight development and certification of the Concorde powerplant was probably the most difficult in the whole Concorde flight-test programme. The BAC Technical Director, Dr Bill Strang, once stated that: ‘The powerlplant was the most persistent area of difficulty, requiring the highest level of sustained and dedicated effort by very talented people to solve the various problems’. This of course was very true, and all credit has to go to the design group, which contained some real wizards.
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Concorde Air In-take System
Concorde’s Olympus 593 MK.610 Engines
INCLUDING – Combustion Chamber/Turbines/Engine Control/Power Control/Mass Control/Fire Supression/Support Structure/Reheat
Concorde’s Variable (Hinged buckets) Exhaust Nozzles
Concorde’s Olympus 593 MK.610 Engines
Powerplant Specifications
Type – Axial-flow, two -spool turbojet with partial afterburning
Turbine – high pressure single stage, low pressure single stage
Compressor – axial 7 low pressure stages, 7 high pressure stages
Weight – 3,180 kilograms / 7,000 pounds
Length – 7.11 meters /23.33 feet
Diameter – 1.21 meters / 3.98 feet
Number fitted to each aircraft – 4
Fuel Type – A1 Jet fuel
Fuel Capacity – 26,400 gallons /119,500 ltrs / 95,680 kgs
Fuel Consumption (at Idle Power) – 1100 kgs/hr (302 Gallons/hr)
Fuel Consumption (at Full Power) – 10500 kgs/hr (2885 Gallons/hr)
Fuel Consumption (at Full Re-heated power) – 22500 kgs/hr (6180 Gallons/hr)
No of Production versions supplied to airlines – 67 (63 remain in use) also 4 zero rated held by Rolls Royce
