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Old 29th Jun 2017, 12:09
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Zaphod Beblebrox
 
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And here is how you manufacture a "blisk", that's a combination "blade" and "disk" assembly. I think the cooling issues on the newer engines may be attributable to the problems of cooling and heating "blisks" in a uniform manner. A big chunk of metal with thin blades machined integrally to that chunk is not likely going to cool or heat evenly.

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