the fire protection will be lost as it works only in a confined area, when the cowlings are closed and is anyway only working for fire outside of the engine.
There is a fire detection (loop) on both sides...
Thanks, dbbass.
It's been a while since I worked on the CF6 and my CF6 notes appear to be simplified
The engine is divided into sections. I assumed the ribs would prevent all extinguishant being lost due to one area being open.
The EEC is in a protected blanket, no water ingression possible
Must be an Airbus thing to wrap them up, although I've never heard of thermal blankets stopping water ingress.
Rgds
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