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Old 06-25-2011, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Seadog View Post
From what I can gather on the web, the DB601 also had a 100 hr TBO versus 240 for the Merlin. Does anyone have other figures?
TBO for DB 601A-1 was 200 hours. RR TBOs were understood as a figure that 1/3 of the engines could satisfy, and if a single cause of failiure did not amount to more than 2/3 of the cases IIRC.
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