Rolls-Royce unveils 150,000-part LEGO jet engine
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The LEGO engine is a half-size replica (complete with moving parts) of the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 turbofan jet engine (Photo: Gizmag)
The model weighs in at 307 kg (677 pounds), is 2 meters (6.6 feet) in length and 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) across (Photo: Gizmag)
The engine took a team of four people eight weeks to complete (Photo: Gizmag)
The real Trent 1000, also on show at Farnborough Airshow (Photo: Gizmag)
Rolls-Royce's LEGO jet engine is made from 152,455 standard LEGO bricks and parts (Photo: Gizmag)
The LEGO engine is a half-size replica (complete with moving parts) of the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 turbofan jet engine (Photo: Gizmag)
The engine took a team of four people eight weeks to complete (Photo: Gizmag)
The LEGO engine is a half-size replica (complete with moving parts) of the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 turbofan jet engine (Photo: Gizmag)
Rolls-Royce's LEGO jet engine is made from 152,455 standard LEGO bricks and parts (Photo: Gizmag)
The LEGO engine is a half-size replica (complete with moving parts) of the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 turbofan jet engine (Photo: Gizmag)
The model weighs in at 307 kg (677 pounds), is 2 meters (6.6 feet) in length and 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) across (Photo: Gizmag)
The engine took a team of four people eight weeks to complete (Photo: Gizmag)
Rolls-Royce's LEGO jet engine is made from 152,455 standard LEGO bricks and parts (Photo: Gizmag)
The LEGO engine is a half-size replica (complete with moving parts) of the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 turbofan jet engine (Photo: Gizmag)
The model weighs in at 307 kg (677 pounds), is 2 meters (6.6 feet) in length and 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) across (Photo: Gizmag)
The engine took a team of four people eight weeks to complete (Photo: Gizmag)
The engine took a team of four people eight weeks to complete (Photo: Gizmag)
Rolls-Royce's LEGO jet engine is made from 152,455 standard LEGO bricks and parts (Photo: Gizmag)
Article Summary
Rolls-Royce this week unveiled the world's first jet engine to be made entirely out of LEGO bricks. Farnborough Airshow was the selected venue for the unveiling of the model, which is made entirely from 152,455 standard LEGO bricks and parts, making it, Rolls-Royce claims, "one of the most complex LEGO structures ever built." The LEGO engine is a half-size replica (complete with moving parts) of the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 turbofan jet engine which keeps Boeing's 787 Dreamliner in the sky. Naturally, we at Gizmag jumped at the opportunity to stick our noses (and camera lenses) in.
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