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Old 6th March 2019 | 18:04
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High specific humidity does adversely affect engine thrust - due to the lower density of the air. This has a much larger effect at N1 than at EPR (obviously signficant only at higher temps, since you need high temps to have high specific humidity).
For N1 rated engines, this is accounted for in the power setting charts - basically added performance margin at high temps to account for high humidity.
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