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Re: Trumpeter
« Reply #525 on: July 23, 2025, 01:34:19 AM »
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Re: Trumpeter
« Reply #526 on: September 23, 2025, 12:34:11 AM »
Due in Oct:









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Re: Trumpeter
« Reply #527 on: September 24, 2025, 12:01:13 PM »
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I saw that and will be buying it

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Re: Trumpeter
« Reply #528 on: September 24, 2025, 12:09:13 PM »
Why the two islands?

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Re: Trumpeter
« Reply #529 on: September 24, 2025, 01:17:21 PM »
Why the two islands?

If I recall correctly, during wind-tunnel* testing the initial design, with a single island, created excessive turbulence over the flight deck, subsequent testing showed reduced turbulence with a twin superstructure layout.



[*: It may have been computer modelling, rather than physical testing.]
"This is the Captain. We have a little problem with our engine sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and, ah, explode."

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Re: Trumpeter
« Reply #530 on: September 25, 2025, 12:56:43 AM »
Why the two islands?


One is for navigation and ship's operations and the other for flight control and aerial operations. The islands can take on each other's function if one is incapacitated.  See below for more details:

Tale of two islands
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Re: Trumpeter
« Reply #531 on: September 26, 2025, 07:34:39 PM »
There is also a single GT in the sponson below each island exhausting out the funnel on that island.