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Old 20th Jun 2002, 05:58
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One advantage of 2 spools are lower gyroscopic moments. With the two spools turning in opposite direction they nearly erase each other moments resulting in smaller pylon loads. The lighter inner spool turning at higher rpm has about the same gyroscopic moment as the outer and heavier one turning slower.
For 3 spools inner moment compensation is not working as well.
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