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Old 11th May 2020, 20:31
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ORAC
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Both the HP Turbine and IP Turbines were retrofitted with more modern single crystal blades and this increased the HPT Blade life from typically 200 hours to 1000 hours, which even today is pretty good.
IIRC the early F2/F3 engines were being changed at about 70 hours.....
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