TRENT 900 DESTRUCTION TEST !

[dieglhix]

star wars episode 1 racer

[flytheuk]

this is your captain speaking, to those of you over the wing, i hoped you like our fireworks and missile launching system... no slowly close those blinds and don't look again.

[MrUtilityBill]

0.22 .....thats known in the trade as fucked

[TheREAL5m0k3y]

If you look out of the left window you can just about see the coast of France. If you look out of the right window you can see number 3 engine violently implode, blade by blade. Thank you for flying Ryanair. We hope you reach your destination.....

[iToasterman]

@dutchvolvofan it failed the test. it shdent let anything out.

[TheGimpMaster01]

@iToasterman It didn't fail any test; they detonated an explosive inside the engine to force blades to break. The point of the test, like you said, is to make sure shrapnel doesn't shoot out of the sides of the engine, because that can sever hydraulic lines and all sorts of other bad things.

[iToasterman]

@TheGimpMaster01 it did though :/

[houshidar558]

its a blade of test actually

[macfan9000]

Go-Boom O-O

[ghDRFT]

@johncliffe39 i know 2 people who work there, one used to be a engineer for the red arrows, but they were all told to get a bew job.

[juantrippe82]

I'm sure thats something you don't want to see 40,000 feet over the Pacific.

[teletubbykiller54]

the engine commited suicide after vaccuming up a justin bieber CD

[marucelu]

Engine failure or severe demage non normal checklist please!!! ;)

[johncliffe39]

I have a freind who works at RR, he reckons that costs $7 million to do.

[soulmanplaya3]

That looks about right for an AIRBUST:-)

[retardedcentaur]

BASTARDS!!! Is this the way to treat such a beautiful machine???

Ask me if u cant think of an Non Destructive Test, i can give some suggestions!!!!

(P.S. I m in love with the Rolls Royce Trent 900)

[JorJorArmany]

wow 0.oo

[paduajoseph]

HAHA. Destruction Test instead of Fan Blade Containment Test

[tasman763]

lololmao.......as they say where I come from........MUNTED ! ( christchurch NZ )

[skater15153]

jesus how many windows did they break during this test

[tetalina1234]

So a typical Qantas flight then?

[Andre83925]

Failed

[ZRulz18]

wow! 0:16

[yahoopig]

proper fucked

[glup2glup]

lol, it destroyes always itself

[duski1966]

Well, when the voice counts down, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Fire. It pretty much says it all, they were intentionally "blowing up" the engine.

[KuostA]

@duski1966 wrong. they fired a bird into it. explosion was not supposed to hapepen. engine was supposded to withstand the bird hit.

[gonavy29]

@KuostA

Also wrong. They didn't fire anything into the engine. If you look closely, you can see that one of the fan blades is painted orange - that blade was fitted with explosive bolts and purposely blown off the fan for the test.

[petershen1984]

this is what kept the quantas airplane safe, despite that metal shards blew through the wings..

[jkyet]

@petershen1984 Not true, this is a test for fan blades, which should be contained. On the Qantas what failed was a turbine blade, which will not be contained. So what kept the Qantas safe was the segregation of the hydraulic systems.

[spursfan1977]

@jkyet i was under the impression that any escape is a major problem and a full investigation. the test also checks engine casing does it not?

[jkyet]

@spursfan1977 Im not sure about the engine casing, but for the quantas incident ended up being taken as a serious incident and yes there was an investigation

[ParisLondonRoma]

Looks like Quantas is still explodng engines lol

[meowmmmmm]

Not bad when you consider that one blade was traveling at 963.75 MPH ish and weighs about 80 lbs.

[circusmaxiMUS2145]

little did they know that this is actually not a destruction test. This is a operational test.

[john1966elliott]

Oh God, Blew up jet engine, big one !!!!!!

[ffuuuucccckk]

does the engine still works or what ?

[bmk139]

A few rolls of gaffa tape and a bit of WD40 and Pakistani International Air would soon have that back in service, lol.

[Ehsslive92]

@bmk139 hahahahahahahahha

[jimmywrangles]

A succesful test,when blades exit the cowling you get a disaster like UA flight 232.

Nasty stuff.

[2pacTroublesum96]

Rolls Royce, Never lets you down.

[Abanamat85]

@2pacTroublesum96

I think it just did, heh.

[raykrislianggi]

Success!?

[robywankenobi32]

and thats a fucking 9000 HP 4 metre engine too , wow

[mjufpn]

I wonder if they started collecting the ash from the erruption to see if the engine can stand a little of dust in the air.

[TheEaglechopper]

WOW amazing the loss of the blades put the engine way off balance thats soooo cooool

[legox50]

Blade off test status: EPIC phail. <.<

GE RULES!!!!

[pascalgienger]

@legox50 No this test was successful. The blade had a little explosive charge to break it to see the effects a broken blade has. Regulations are stating that in no circumstances any material may be thrown out of the engine. Imagine a blade being shot at the fuselage... But as you can see, no parts are thrown out of the engine. The engine stops and even the fire does not propagate. Full success.

[flybynightvideo]

Put a few quarts of STP smoke treatment fluid in that thing and it'll definitely pass DMV inspection!

[BigScreenScene]

Er, this is your captain speaking...

[Bumblel06]

@BigScreenScene by the looks of it we have hit a small bird...

[TedLitens]

If it's true that the engine is suppose to fall of when it literally explodes witch i don't beleive, don't forget your helmet when you go out just in case jet engine comes flying without an airplane he he he

[GimmeUrMoneyzz]

what they did for this is is attach a small detonator to the fan and set it off. the outer casing is supposed to contain any flyin chunks of metal, so it doesnt hit or damage the fuselage

[francomex]

awesome.

[Shakemagroovethangg]

Please, overclocking no work.

Give me engine

[a380rockerfan]

i would freak my ass off if that real life. damn!!!!

[hardtop123]

thank god they do this testing on the ground and not attached to an aircraft flying at 30 000 feet. the vibration would be enough to rip it from the wing

[mrroby123]

probly not rip the wing off, most airplanes now let the engine basically drop off from its wing fixing points when subject to fierce vibration

[BryanFury22]

Are you sure of that ?? What happen then to the 7 tons of steal falling on our heads ???

[XU10J4TE]

still to prefer than the 500 + tons of the entire airplane

[brillo89]

ahah was funny...

[mrroby123]

a good way to simply destroy a $20 million engine in a matter of seconds

[21ADB21]

wow