O/T Goose vs Jet Engine

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Malo83
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O/T Goose vs Jet Engine

Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:07 pm

Video of the effects of bird strikes on jet engines, US AIR 1549 ? :shock:

http://tailspinstales.blogspot.com/2009 ... liner.html
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Re: O/T Goose vs Jet Engine

Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:15 pm

Malo83 wrote:Video of the effects of bird strikes on jet engines, US AIR 1549 ? :shock:

http://tailspinstales.blogspot.com/2009 ... liner.html


Well, yes and no actually.

That is not an actual bird ingestion test.

That is a blade out test. They have explosive charges on several of the fan blades that will seperate sections of the blade.

Birds do not always (and in most cases) cause blade failure.
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