Which planes engine is better?
Ok…a good answer for this won’t come in few words: Lets start from the basics. The B747-400 comes with a choice of 3 engines. The airlines have to chose between Pratt & Whitney, General Electric and Rolls Royce. Each of those makes several types of engines for this aircraft. Many of them are fitted on other aircraft, like 767’s, Tristars, etc, so you cannot call them “747 engines”. That would not be correct, since they are designed by separate manufacturers from Boeing and are sold to any aircraft manufacturer to fit them on their aircraft. The full variants are: Pratt & Whitney PW-4056; 4060; 4062 General Electric CF6-80-C2B1F; C2B1F1; C2B7F Rolls Royce RB-211-524G; 524H; 524G/H-T All variants are good and all along the late 50 000 to early 60 000lbs of thrust. The RB-211 is very popular and is in use on a number of other aircraft including the Boeing 767. The PW and GE engines are of the Twin Spool design, whilst the RB-211 is a triple spool, which sometimes can cause a few more he
