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		rangestransform 15 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NTSB Preliminary Report – UPS Boeing MD-11F Crash ... It wasn’t about the engines being powerful but about the fan being bigger and therefore more efficient

inferiorhuman 14 days ago [–]

The effects of a bigger fan are the same: the engine is bigger and more powerful necessitating changes to the airframe.

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