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Old 8th December 2015 | 07:40
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Funny how the back exhaust strongly resemble a turbine exhaust look.
is that for cooling?, surely it could have been made more integrated.





could it be the same reason some electric cars still carry a front grill even though the need for cooling has disappeared.


Yes probably both piston engine and turbines have the same susceptibility to dust, however it is much easier to fit air filters on a piston engine than it is on a turbine. Turbine use 75% of the air for cooling if I remember my ground school well.
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