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Old 11th Sep 2004, 11:44
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Does ram effect now provide the bulk of compressive efficiency at altitude and crz speed?

Or does RAM effect at high altitudes lead to saturation of the exhaust pipe leading to an increse of thruse that will patially compensate for the loss due to the same increase of TAS ?
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