Our exhibition is situated in the Company’s Learning and Development Centre in the Aerospace campus in Derby and tells the story of the Rolls-Royce range of products, with exhibits from before the First World War through to the modern civil large turbofans. The exhibition today contains over thirty Rolls-Royce engines ranging from Henry Royce’s first Aero engine, the V12 Eagle of 1915, through the Merlin and the RB211-22 to the Trent XWB of today.
The development of the aero engine, over the last century, has enabled many of the major advances in aviation to take place and with Engineering being the “art of compromise” to meet the best balance of the customer’s requirements, it is not surprising that different engineers from various companies have designed different solutions to meet these requirements. It is the object of this exhibition to show the advances in propulsion technology and these different solutions, so our visitors can compare and contrast the various approaches, whether they be liquid or air-cooled piston engines or two or three shaft gas turbines.
It is hoped that the facility will be used in the development of current Rolls-Royce employees and in the teaching of STEM subjects in schools and colleges and promoting the story to the public to intrigue and inspire.
On public display at the Rolls-Royce Heritage and Future Exhibition in the Learning and Development Centre within the Aerospace Campus in Derby.
General:
20hp 1926 Rolling Chassis
WW2 Memorial Window “This window commemorates the pilots of the Royal Air Force who in the Battle of Britain turned the work of our hands into the salvation of our country”.
Bust of Charles Stewart Rolls
Bust of Frederick Henry Royce
Bust of Ernest Hives
Bust of Claude Johnson
Henry Royce Lathe
Royce Motor
Henry Royce Clock
Schneider Trophy 1929 R Engine Piston, Plug and Connecting Rods
Flying Model aircraft of the Wellington and Halifax Bombers, Sunderland Flying Boat and Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey
Interactive Screens
Piston Engines:
Eagle Mk IX
Hawk
Condor III
Kestrel IIS
Merlin Mk 1
Merlin III Supercharger
Merlin Mk XII
Griffon 65
Meteor Mk IV
Allison V-1710
Turboprop Engines:
Dart Mk 510
Tyne Mk 506
Allison T-56
RB39 Clyde
RB50 Trent
Rockets:
Armstrong Siddeley Screamer
Rolls-Royce Gamma 8
Bristol Siddeley BS605
Aircraft:
English Electric Canberra Cockpit
STOVL Propulsion:
RB162
Pegasus
Turboshaft:
Allison M250
Diesel Engines:
MTU Series 2000
Turbofan / Turbojet Engines:
RB23 Welland
RB41 Nene
RB37 Derwent V
Rover STX B26 Compressor Impeller
Avon Mk 1C
RB80 Conway
RB163 Spey
Adour F405
RB211-22B
RB199
RB203
Tay
Olympus 593
BR710
AE 3007
Trent 1000 half scale Lego Engine
Trent XWB-84
Future Technology
1:1 Scale Model Aircraft of the Spirit of Innovation
Full-scale model of the Rolls-Royce UltraFan engine
Hydrogen Demo Engine AE 2100-A
UltraFan Power Gearbox - 1st standard