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>> >> It limits the choice of power plants, its adds hugely to the cost of
>> maintenance.
>> No it doesn't the engines were quite cheap, a gas turbine is a gas turbine
>> the cost aren't high lots of companies could have built the engine req'd.
Its this thinking that had it 10 years late and billions of pounds over cost. A gas turbine is not a gas turbine. The location of the engine requires exclusive use of the Rolls-Royce BR710, an expensive power plant built in small numbers
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>> >> The engines are only there because its a Comet and there was nowhere else
>> to
>> >> put them. No-one else ever put engines there. For good reasons. Its a 60
>> year
>> >> old design.
>> And a good one for asuw ops. It could shut down 2 engines and extend
>> it's range. You think a modern boeing has a better engine layout for low level
>> stuff?
If you were to design long range maritime patrol or ASUW you would design based round a turbo prop. The design of the Nimrod is the way it is because the use of the comet was forced upon the builders. It was a bad choice. It was a bad choice 60 years ago and it still is.
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