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Old 28th Mar 2014, 23:12
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awblain
 
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A sq,

The three concentric shafts on the engines swap direction from inside to outside - but all the same way on all of the engines.

It avoids the need for a set of stator vanes between intermediate and high-pressure components, at the expense of scarier bearings.
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