Patent ID: 6905303

Claim:
A method of assembling a gas turbine engine, said method comprising: coupling an inner engine casing to an outer engine casing such that an annular flow path is defined therebetween; coupling a plurality of circumferentially-spaced support struts between the inner and outer casings; coupling a plurality of circumferentially-spaced outlet guide vanes within the flow path upstream from the support struts, such that a first circumferential spacing is defined between a first guide vane and a second guide vane, and a second circumferential spacing is defined between the second guide vane and a third guide vane, wherein the second guide vane is between the first and third guide vanes and wherein the second circumferential spacing is different from the first circumferential spacing; and positioning a fourth guide vane adjacent the third guide vane such that the third guide vane is between the second and fourth guide vanes, and such that the third guide vane is substantially parallel to the second guide vane, and such that the first and fourth guide vanes are obliquely aligned to the second and third guide vanes.