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Old 25th May 2011, 14:10
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Jig Peter
 
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Dart

The Dart didn't have compressor blades, because it wasn't an axial flow engine, but it did have two centrifugal compressor stages - and to think that it would operate at all with 25% (presumably, of the area) of their vanes (as RR called them) eroded away is either a tribute to the engine's robustness or a "misunderstanding" ...
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