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Old 20th Apr 2008, 01:44
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broadreach
 
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Wing and engine in a cold box

Firelight and Infrequentflyer789

Yes, yikes! I don't think a "cold box" of the necessary size would be too difficult to find. Expensive yes; there are some pretty large reefer warehouses around but renting one out for a few months could put a considerable dent in the distribution of beef or frozen veg. Getting the temperature down to minus 50C would be a challenge (normal working temperature being minus 18-20C) and intake/exhaust another, assuming the engine would have to be working.

If the AAIB were to go the route of testing temperatures it would probably be more expedient to rig up a prefab coldstore around an existing airframe.

oh, and Brian... JS Mills?
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