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A comment on Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry. Parent comment

Re:Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry by Blackthorn on Sunday September 11, 2016 @03:37PM (#12475198)
Didn't those engines require 150 octane fuel as well? Tough to find that nowadays.
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Re:Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry by rjsw on Sunday September 11, 2016 @03:49PM (#12475278)
The Meteor [1] tank engine was basically a Merlin running on normal fuel.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Meteor

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