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Old 10th Feb 2012, 17:16
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tasmin
 
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Too fast rotation

There is another reason why too fast rotation is not a good procedure.
On our fleet we have had a number of fanblade interference with the inner shroud on our big 115 Tons GE's.
An engine of that size at T/O power does not like to have its direction changed too quickly.
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