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Old 1st September 2010 | 20:21
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acunningham
 
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Loose blades

I was in the Deutsches Museum in Munich today - it's excellent, and I can definitely recommend it.

They have quite a few turbojet engines with cut away sections so the interiors can be seen, and in a few cases (such as the RR Pegasus) touched. I noticed that the compressor and turbine blades on the Pegasus were all slightly loose, and could be rattled by hand. Does anyone know why this is? The only reason I can think of is that with thermal expansion at normal operating temperatures they become tight.
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