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Old 20th April 2010 | 07:47
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DB - as birddog says there is no threat of turbine failure, just increased wear and decreased service life - they are not being operated above their melting point, just their designed operating temperature which will have been calculated so the engine makes its TBOs.

See Nick Lappos' old thread re engines and beans
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