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Old 31st August 2014 | 22:22
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barit1
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Starting alternative system

All the above is not applicable to Boeing's newest, the 787.

Its engines are started via an electric motor. Once started, the starter functions as a generator.

And this is hardly the first time this starting system has been used. The CT7 turboprop uses it, and long before that, the ancient J47.
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