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What happens when a drone gets ingested by an aircraft engine, FAA ready to conduct live test
The inclusion of large numbers of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS) may pose unique hazards to other aircraft sharing the airspace. (dcnewsroom.blogspot.com) Plus d'info...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
LOL....Seriously? Do we REALLY need 'tests' to KNOW the outcome?? Sounds like a ruse to spend (STEAL) Tax Payer $$$$$$!If a drone goes in to an aircraft engine....it WILL go DOWN. Do we really NEED to know how much 'damage' it does to an engine??? It's like needing to know the color of every passengers underwear when the plane crashes. Do we NEED to KNOW that? Will it change the OUTCOME? NO!
Not being an aviation expert I’ll take a stab at this one
and say the engine won’t work any more.?
and say the engine won’t work any more.?
Bet it is no different than chickens.......
Once more pissing away our tax dollars...
Sounds like a new episode of Mythbusters.
That will be some expensive testing.
I am not sure I buy the test as performed.... There is more to consider.... Power Settings, Size of the Drone (as they are incorrectly called, they are actually called "QuadCopters" until some idiot started marketing them to the general public. They are not new, been around for a long time. I have had one since 2010 and now have 4 ranging from 4" across to 2 feet across. Back to the topic... the more power the Jet Engine is producing is going to be proportional to the damage caused. With today's modern fan engines, FOD is designed to be directed outboard and not through the core. In this case, very little to no damage at lower power settings (like on approach), However on Takeoff the damage could be quite severe to the Fan Blades. Keep in mind that 90% of the air bypasses on the modern jet engine. On approach if someone saw a Drone, I would question it.... The plane is going 150 mph approx and the drone is almost standing still, and if the Drone hits the engine, it will come from below. Kind of like watching a nat pass your car going down the interstate... You do not see it, but you see the results of it when he hits your windshield.