Posted on 11/11/2010 2:00:06 PM PST by naturalman1975
“The engine might explode, but it shouldn’t transfer damage to the wing.”
I’m an A&P (not working at it anymore) and I’ve seen many videos of testing (shooting frozen Geese through the engines etc.) and I don’t recall seeing anything quite like that. Rolls Royce is an excellent engine manufacturer so I’m left wondering what happened. I wonder where the engine was built.
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“pilot error”
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There are all sorts of spoilers (some times called a lift dumper), some like you show, others come out along the top of the wing to kill lift ....
I knew you knew it...meant it as edumacation for others who didn’t! Hope spring in the Outback is treating you well!
Thought as much ... no wurries Mate ...Spring is almost now into summer here ... temps rising ... hi/lo 80/65F ...
ps ... those news sharpies also prob’ly don’t know there’s two types of spoilers, flight and ground ...... and also those front slats are called Krueger flaps ... here’s a great place for those here who’d like to learn more. http://www.b737.org.uk/flightcontrols.htm#Spoilers_/_Speedbrakes
>>> Good reason for flying Boeing - built in America!
There apparently was no fault with the airplane. It was the motor. And many Boeings are equipped with Rolls-Royce engines.
“Rolls has a 40 percent market share on the Boeing 787”
Correct, and maintenance is key. If I were a conspiracy theorist, I might suspect sabotage from a member of a maintenance crew that was also a follower of the “religion of peace” cult.
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