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Old 21st Sep 2014, 04:08
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Dream Land
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Avoiding hot starts.

On the Garett engines if your ground time is short, you can spin the prop, thereby bringing in cool air to cool things down, on the Pt6 I recommend that just after shutdown, you engage the starter and crank the engine for 30 seconds, works great.
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