Uthandwa kakhulu Qantas Inqwelo moya yabakhweli ethathe umhlala phantsi kwinkonzo yorhwebo kule mpelaveki ukuqala ubomi njenge Rolls-Royce ibhedi yovavanyo ephaphazelayo. Inqwelomoya iya kusetyenziselwa ukuvavanya itekhnoloji ye-jet ye-jet yangoku neyexesha elizayo eya kuguqula ukubhabha, ukunciphisa ukukhutshwa kunye nokuseta amanqaku amatsha okusebenza.
The Boeing 747-400 -Kunye nobhaliso lwe-VH-OJU- ebesenkonzweni neQantas kangangeminyaka engama-20 njengelungu elithandwa kakhulu kwizithuthi zomqhubi welizwe lase-Australia. Ngaphezulu kobomi bayo, i-OJU ibale ngaphezulu kweekhilomitha ezingama-70 ezigidi, elingana phantse ne-100 ukubuyela enyangeni. Isebenze kumazwe amaninzi kwaye yathatha abakhweli abayi-2.5 yezigidi, uhambo ngalunye luxhotyiswa ziinjini ezine zeRoll-Royce RB211.
Njengebhedi yovavanyo ephaphazelayo, iya kufakelwa amandla ovavanyo akutshanje kwaye okokuqala ngqa, iya kuvavanya iinjini ezinamandla ezorhwebo kunye neenqwelomoya zeshishini. Iinkqubo ezintsha ziya kufumana idatha engcono ngokukhawuleza kunangaphambili, kwaye ubuchwepheshe buya kuvavanywa kwiindawo eziphakamileyo nakwisantya esikhawulezayo. Iibhedi zovavanyo zokubhabha zisetyenziselwa ukuvavanya ukuphakama kunye nokubeka iliso kubuchwephesha kwiimeko zokubhabha.
Abasebenzi bakwaRoll-Royce baya kukhetha igama lenqwelomoya, elisebenze kunye neQantas ebizwa ngokuba yiLord Howe Island. Iya kubaleka ngabasebenzi beenqwelomoya zovavanyo abaqhubi beenqwelo moya, abadibanisa ubuchwephesha bobuchwephesha kunye namava eminyaka yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya, ezomkhosi kunye neenqwelo moya zovavanyo.
Inqwelomoya entsha izakuxhasa umbono weRoll-Royce IntelligentEngine, apho iinjini zidityanisiwe, ngokwazi imeko kunye nokuqonda, ukuqala ngexesha labo ebhedini yovavanyo.
I-747 igqibe inqwelomoya yokugqibela yeQantas nge-13 ka-Okthobha ka-2019 ukusuka eSydney ukuya eLos Angeles. Emva koko yabhabha yaya kwiziko lovavanyo lwenqwelomoya e-AeroTEC eMoses Lake, eWashington State, e-US, apho iyakuthi itshintshe iminyaka emibini. Iinjineli ze-AeroTEC kunye neengcali ziya kuguqula i-Boeing 747-400 ukusuka kwinqwelomoya kunye nezihlalo zabakhweli ezingama-364 ziye kwindawo yokuhlola ubume obuphambili exhotyiswe ngesixhobo esibanzi kunye neenkqubo zokuthatha imilinganiselo ephucukileyo yokusebenza kweinjini xa ibhabha.
Xa ugqityiwe, inqwelomoya iya kusebenza ecaleni kwebhedi yovavanyo yaseRoll-Royce ekhoyo, iBoeing 747-200, egqibe uvavanyo lweenqwelo moya ezingama-285 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
U-Gareth Hedicker, u-Rolls-Royce, uMlawuli woPhuhliso kunye nezoBunjineli boVavanyo, uthe: “UKumkanikazi wezulu uzakuba lelona litye lixabisekileyo kwiinkqubo zethu zovavanyo zehlabathi. Olu lutyalomali olubalulekileyo oluya kuthi landise amandla ethu ovavanyo akhokelela kwihlabathi ngakumbi kwaye liza kusivumela ukuba sifumane idatha yovavanyo lwenqwelomoya ngakumbi kunangaphambili. Emva kokuhambisa izigidi zabakhweli kule nqwelo moya iyintanda kangangeminyaka engama-20, sonwabile ukuyinika amandla kwikamva. ”
UChris Snook, uManejala oLawulayo wezoBunjineli kwiQantas, uthe: “IBoeing 747 ibililungu elihlangeneyo nelithandwa kakhulu kwizithuthi zaseQantas iminyaka emininzi. Sisebenze phantse zonke izinto ezahlukeneyo kwaye ngelixa kulusizi ukuzibona zihamba, ii-747s zenza indlela yeBoeing 787 Dreamliners. I-OJU ngokuzingca inxibe i-kangaroo ebhabha ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-20 kwaye kuyasivuyisa ukuba nobomi obude phambi kwakhe ukunceda ukuvavanya nokuxhasa uphuhliso lwesizukulwana esilandelayo seenjini zeenqwelomoya. ”
U-Lee Human, umongameli we-AeroTEC kunye nomsunguli, uthe: "Iqela le-AeroTEC liyazingca ngokusebenzisana neRoll-Royce ukuguqula, ukwakha kunye nokugunyazisa le testbed intsha. Lebhu yomoya iza kwenza ukuba kuphuhle kwaye kuqinisekiswe ubuchwephesha obutsha, obusezingeni eliphezulu obenzelwe ukwandisa ukusebenza kakuhle nokunciphisa iimpembelelo zokusingqongileyo. Ubunjineli bethu, uhlengahlengiso, kunye namaqela ovavanyo eSeattle naseMoses Lake sele besebenza nzima belungiselela ukuzalisekisa umbono kaRoll-Royce. ”
I-Rolls-Royce ityale imali eyi- $ 70m (£ 56m) ekufumaneni nasekuhlaziyeni inqwelomoya iQantas. Oku kongezwe kutyalo mali lwe- $ 90m kwiTestbed 80, eyona testbed inkulu kwaye ikrelekrele ehlabathini, okwangoku isakhiwa eDerby, e-UK, kwaye imiselwe ukuthunyelwa kwi-2020.
