Pratt & Whitney Canada PW600

<!-- This article is a part of WikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout. -->The Pratt & Whitney Canada PW600 series is a family of very small turbofan engines developed by Pratt & Whitney Canada for use in very light jets. Designed with scalability in mind, the engines can produce between and of take-off thrust.

Design and development

First run of the thrust PW625F demonstrator engine was on October 31, 2001. P&WC began work on the 900&nbsp;lbf (4&nbsp;kN) thrust PW610F engine, destined for the Eclipse 500, in 2002. The engine was certified by the Canadian authorities on the 27 July 2006. The first Eclipse 500 aircraft, powered by PW610F's, was delivered to a customer on 31 December 2006.

With a 14.5&nbsp;inch (36.83&nbsp;cm) diameter fan, the PW610F is one of the smallest turbofans to enter production. Little is known about the engine cycle, although the bypass ratio is believed to be about 1.83. Driven by a single-stage low pressure (LP) turbine, the single stage fan is an advanced snubberless design, with wide chord blades integral with the rotor hub. The newly patented high pressure (HP) compressor comprises a diagonal (i.e. mixed) flow stage, supercharging a conventional centrifugal blower, the whole being driven by a single stage HP turbine. A reverse flow combustor and forced mixer/common...
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