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Old 10th Apr 2014, 17:44
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If this aircraft achieved the stated performance prior to the gearbox change and nothing else was changed, then the gearbox is certainly suspect. But if the replacement gearbox has enough internal drag (friction) to produce an additional 5% torque required per engine, I would think the amount of heat generated would be enormous.
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