Rolls-Royce AE 2100

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AE 2100
Type Turboprop
National origin United States
Manufacturer Allison Engine Company
Rolls-Royce plc
Major applications C-130J Hercules
C-27J Spartan
ShinMaywa US-2

The Rolls-Royce AE 2100 is a turboprop. Developed by Allison Engine Company, now part of Rolls-Royce North America, derivative of the Allison AE 1107C-Liberty (Rolls-Royce T406) turboshaft engine, and shares the same high-pressure core as the engine, as does the Rolls-Royce AE 3007. The engine is a two-shaft design and is the first to use dual FADECs (full authority digital engine control) to control both engine and propeller.

There are two versions of the engine. The civil AE2100A and the AE2100D3 military variant.

The engine uses new six-bladed Dowty propellers for use on the 50-seat Saab 2000 and the Lockheed C-130J Hercules military transport. Each engine develops 4,591 shaft horsepower, an increase of about 300 shp over the engines in the 'H' model C-130.[citation needed]

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AE2100A
AE2100D3

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  • Leyes II, Richard A.; William A. Fleming (1999). The History of North American Small Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 1-56347-332-1. 

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