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Old 8th December 2007 | 19:59
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tegwin
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You loose monster amounts of power through drieveshafts and assosiated gearboxes...

Plus its more expensive to buy and maintain if you have lots of driveshafts and gearboxes...



There are IMHO no benefits to moving the engines anywhere else on the airframe so why overcomplicate things..
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