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Old 1st May 2020, 02:50
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@kiwi_andy No problem at all - glad it was of some help.

If you’ve got a specific aircraft in mind then it’s worth taking a close look at the Power Turbine and Gas Turbine components - different S/N of the same P/N can have varying cycle / hour limits (these should be listed in the SB).

Cycle consumption will certainly be influenced by the type of flying you’ll be doing - lots of heavy load lifting with large fluctuations between max and min Ng can rack up the cycles (unless you can get the disc / impeller combo that does away with minor cycles). Lots of short flights and multiple starts will also quickly eat into your cycles but this is probably true of most turbine engines! The other thing to consider is whether you are frequently going to have to spool down from flight idle to ground idle - this also constitutes a proportion of an Ng cycle and can add up by the end of a busy day.
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