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Originally Posted by Linton
Just a quick question,do you have fadecs on the gas turbines you operate at sea or any other power management device?The 1980s cfm powered 737 had pmc's which were basically fuel trimmers.The later Trent engine from Rolls Royce has a fadec-it is really easy to start and operate.
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I do not know as I`m not an engineering type, but the most common naval marine gas turbine is the GE LM2500 (Perry, Burke, Tico, Canadian Patrol Frigate, etc). You might be able to find out more from there.
http://www.geae.com/engines/marine/lm2500.html
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/eng/lm2500.htm
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/navy/...ng/62n-116.htm
They don't take much time at all to fire up, though.