Catastrophic Engine Test Failure

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Catastrophic Engine Test Failure

Post by Blaze » Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:04 pm

Kind of an old video, but thought this was pretty interesting. Just one of those "Wtf just happened?!" moments... :lol:

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Post by Burner » Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:25 am

All I envision is a half dozen aerospace engineers sitting in a break room sipping redbulls as a full afterburner turbofan comes barrelling thru one wall and out the other :lol:

"Anybody catch the license plate number on that guy?"
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Post by STRIKER » Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:29 am

That was.......AWESOME!

You can see the mounting bolts failing but the operator just get the heat on her. Maybe they were just asleep at the wheel but if I saw an engine like that move that much on the stand I would power down like yesterday. Nice find.
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Post by Blaze » Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:32 am

I don't know what it was about it I just couldn't stop laughing for hours. I think it's just the thought of where that thing probably ended up, and the thoughts of the people who saw it pass by. :lol:
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Post by Bloke » Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:20 am

"FOX 3!"

haha... sorry couldn't resist.
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