U.S air force C-17 compressor stall

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Uploaded by on Mar 16, 2007

The previous name of this video stated this was a FOd as i was told by other viewers but it has been confirmed it was compressor stall.

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  • so that's where i lost my wrench; oops

  • That vortex caused the compressor stall.its like you blowing out a candle

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  • @WarBerJr02 i'm sure you are joking because it was a common sight a few years back on even commercial jets. they are using the reverse thrust to do what is called a powerback manuever... this is used when a plane needs to push back from somewhere when there is no towing equipment available. for other examples look up powerback in youtube search. :)

  • At Spokane Washington KGEG a few days ago I was flying around in a Piper Warrior. It was getting dark we were heading back, until we heard this faint whistling... We look over and there was a C-17 4000 or so feet away from us. It was freaky as hell... Then after it got about a mile or so in front of us. Tower finally decided to radio us and tell us to be on the look out... Uh yeah... We have the traffic in site...

  • the engine ejaculated

  • @alnilam66

    No it isn't... Decrease in pressure at the intake of the engine from the high speed air in combination of a heavy humid air releases water molecules from the air creating a cloud... the high speed air creates a vortex of the cloud kind of like a tornado (which is the same idea).

  • It is not everyday that you see an airplane rolling backwards.

  • @Ramin609 It's a Polish plane.

  • isnt it ment to go forward ehh..

  • @bronco8585 When a stall happens, it's happens so quickly that there is no real fix to it when it happens. It is either self clearing or it will be hard enough to make the motor flame out. No speaking turbofans, your N1 is aerodynamically coupled to the N2. So the only way to reduce that speed would be to reduce core speed also. Unless their EGT started increasing when the stall happens, they were gonna keep the trottle in max thrust reverser.

  • @mushmouth1981 Why can't a compressor stall be fixed by simply returning airflow to the engine? Do you have to reduce the N1 speed first? I am thinking of this in terms of a wing stalling.

  • say goodbye to that flock of geese

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