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Old 1st August 2005 | 21:41
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Bmused55
 
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Well the fuel savings are probably what would make this the best thing since sliced bread.

Think about it, hook it up to a generator feeding off of the APU and you have an unlimited electrical powersource which uses a fraction of the jet A that 2, 3 or 4 full size jet engines use.

If trials are successfull, I'd bet the 787 will come with these babies installed as standard.
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