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Old 4th June 2009 | 20:19
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This is essentially a refinement of interim report 1, tidying up some rough experiments. It's easy to criticize the slow progress but it's really difficult to simulate - think of the early wind tunnels.

At the end of the day, there needs to be a dedicated interagency fuel research centre to physically model these issues accurately, using a combination of actual engines and actual fuel systems in environmental test chambers (imagine!) and maybe even including extended duration high altitude flight testing. Irrespective of the current case, this kind of facility will anyway increasingly be needed when biomass derived fuels start to penetrate the market.

We need to get to the same level of sophistication with fuel testing as we are with blade containment. If you have never seen it its worth watching:

YouTube - Blade Containment

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