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Old 24th Apr 2006, 20:00
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Consol
 
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Trident

The later version of the trident actually had a fourth engine in a small tail pod just over engine two outlet. Not sure if it was also an apu but it was there for a performance boost. Check out some pics of it and you can see the pod. The idea of thrust apu has been around a long time, heard it suggested in the last few years for a newish aeroplane. All thrust helps with take off but an engine which only works for take off and is then dead weight is inherently inefficient, its just a performance fudge.
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