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Old 11th Mar 2006, 13:57
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Packed snow and ice is the big problem for causing damage even at taxi rpms, it's like sticking a broom into the fan.

Ingested fresh snow (not ice encrusted) should not be a problem until it fills the inlet to about 20% of the ingested air. So for the event mentioned you would have to figure out how many pounds of snow per second and compare that to how many pounds of air.
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