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Old 30th May 2010, 09:40
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So air flows through those holes and comes out the other end.
Not so. No cooling effect doing it your way. Cool air is taken through a bleed and exits from all the holes in the blade, thus keeping it cooler. The dust travels through the bleed system and can melt and block the exit holes... blade gets too hot and is damaged.
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