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Old 23rd Sep 2014, 11:52
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Larger two shaft engines are more prone to 'rotor bow' than 3 shaft.
Read P&W, GE vs. R-R, but that's not to say that R-R engines don't also suffer sometimes.
Of course if there's a good blow on the stand it'll help to windmill the engine(s) thus preventing rotor bow starts.
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