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Old 12-12-2020 | 02:04 AM
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Glad you sorted it but after an extreme and repeated overtemp. personally I would have it checked. There may even be internal damage which can’t be seen by external inspection and which could lead to a severe failure.

The cause of the overtemp. Has been identified but the possible consequences are unknown.

To quote from Klaus Hunecke,s excellent book, “ Jet Engines“. Creep is that tendency of a material to undergo permanent deformation when subjected to extreme thermal and mechanical stress, finally ending in catastrophic failure. As I suggested was possible.

I have experienced a turbine disc failure, it wasn’t pretty !

I’ll leave it at that and get back to my morning coffee and leave Skunkworks laughing !

Last edited by David Gladwin; 12-12-2020 at 02:14 AM.