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Old 5th Nov 2020, 10:43
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ShyTorque

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Originally Posted by tartare
Plank driver here.
In picture above - assume power then travels to rotorhead by a right angle gear out of picture to the left?
So - does gas coming in actually flow around the lower section of the rotor mast to the face of the axial compressor?

That output shaft speed is labelled @ 6,000 rpm. Main rotor rpm is normally no more than 300 and they have to be mounted on a substantial shaft. It certainly needs more than a right angled gearbox.
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