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Old 04-21-2012, 09:10 AM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by Aquaticedge View Post
It's amazing how Robust these engines are though, considering the precision part standards and amount of crap can get sucked through them they keep on truckin for the most part.
You'd be all the more amazed if you knew the stresses and the speeds that they suffer during every takeoff. I'm astounded that the new engines can go 25,000 hours before they come off the wing. Some can manage over 10,000 cycles as well.
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