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Old 21st Feb 2008, 20:04
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airfoilmod
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Of course. Open a cold bottle of soda and watch the liquid instantly be entrained with ice crystals, the temperature hasn't changed (functionally), the low pressure merely raises the freezing point of the beverage. Water can be frozen well above its "boiling point", and be made to boil below its "freezing" temperature. By this I mean there is a concomitant increase in associated boiling point for a liquid freezing out of standard temperature and pressure.

And that is what I'm getting at. Restricted flow from solid particles blocking orifice(s) that starve the engines. I won't quote my former posts regarding how this can happen to two engines at almost the exact same time. It is highly possible. Perhaps even unavoidable. Post #252

Last edited by airfoilmod; 21st Feb 2008 at 20:14. Reason: precision