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Old 6th August 2002 | 14:47
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Flight Detent
 
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From: Brisbane, Australia
My pennies worth: (for the B747)
Rollers are not reliable enough, and are way to heavy, and fuel efficiency is a problem.

P&W are much more of a 'hardier' machine, but are not very powerful, and not very fuel efficient, by comparison.

GE seem to make a good allround machine, light weight, fuel efficient, and able to stand the occasional bird down the intake.
They just seem to last for a long time. (MTBF)
And, of course, they don't use EPR for output indication.
For me, the best choice, all round!

Cheers
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