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Old 21st May 2014 | 18:28
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Intruder
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For the GE CF6, 40% N1 is a good number to remember as a minimum for "spooled up" or "approach thrust". Approach idle is around 27-31%, depending on temperature and altitude. It takes a good portion of those 8 seconds to go from idle to 40%...
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