Originally Posted by
lomapaseo
I hope not, Bearings floating in their races have a tendency to skid and wear like hell. Simple to just bleed some high pressure air against a rotating diaphragm like the interior of a rotor disk
Not suggesting it lingers in this abnormal. How does “slight negative thrust” appear without pulling the shaft through the transition from “positive thrust”?
This is a direct comment to his (OP) question about axial reversal?
(Btw, are these thrust bearings similar to the Trent-9 ball bearings?)
concours