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Old 11th Mar 2011, 02:12
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The reliability of the RR three-spool design is very good, at least with my experience on the TriStar.
In sixteen thousand hours of flying the type, I have experienced one engine failure (flameout on descent due to a HS gearbox failure...repairable on wing in 6 hours) and two inflight shutdowns, due to high vibs.
Otherwise, no further problems.
RR builds mighty fine engines.
NB.
Also operated Conway and Dart-powered airplanes, no problems with those, either.
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