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by bombcar 18 days ago
This would all be solved if the engines were out in front of the plane like podracers.
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That wouldn't work because the Cg would be too far forward and the mechanical moment of pylons would be far too great. What needs to happen is proper redesign of the CFM56-7B engine cowl to contain fan, LP, and HP failures.