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Old 14th Mar 2016, 00:45
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soggyboxers
 
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Geoffers,

The N3s were indeed fitted with an asymmetric fenestron although some of the earlier models were initially fitted with the same one as the N2. It made a noticeable difference in performance as well as being quieter. I seem to remember that the N3s NHV got originally had the N2 fenestron. A number of N2s were retrospectively fitted with the asymmetric fenestron. If you remember the ex-Maersk N2s Schreiner got and which I gave you your differences course on, they were later fitted with the upgraded fenestron before being moved from Nigeria to Sudan. The big performance difference in the N3s however, came from the engine upgrade. It did give us a lot of starting problems in Cameroun so we always carried a portable GPU and had little battery powered fans and additional ventilation in the baggage compartment when we shut down on the pipeline.

With the wind from the wrong direction incipient LTE could be a problem with any of the 365 models.
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