Wide Body, Blade-Out Jet Engine Test

Wide Body, Blade-Out Jet Engine Test
Short video showing what happens when they attach a small explosive charge to one of the blades to simulate what would happen if one of them broke loose from fatigue or fractures that were undetected by maintenance crews. What you're seeing is basically like diamonds cutting diamonds. The engine passes when it can successfully contain the damage. You don't want one of those blades to puncture the fuselage or wing.

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Science & Technology

[dtiydr]

That wasnt a cheap test for sure.

[ppibase]

Imagine looking out of the window 5 mile up and seeing that happen?

The plane might survive but my pants wouldn't

[andresportal01]

espectacular!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[YukkiHabiki]

Rolls Royce Trent 900..Epic Failures, even today.

[857frank]

7 people are worried they might put the test engine on their holiday jet by mistake.

Don't worry! They're always carefully labelled “not for aircraft use”.

[DZEyoyo123]

This is faker than fake.

[benbradleydotcom]

I assume the *beep beep beep* is the test system telling you there's been a problem. It'd be hard to detect with out it.

[RCProductionable]

AAAAA! That looks a little bit like my Mum's Shepperd's Pie!

[ViperSRTnACR]

@lollylaMcme

A "blade out" test has nothing to do with birds. It's a test designed to test the engines ability to stay together in the event a fan blade comes loose and jams the engine up. In the test they wire a mini explosion that pops the blade out which in this case is that brightly colored one you see at the start.

[lollylaMcme]

This proves one thing that we already new, birds don't belong in jet engines.

[mlanier1007]

0:16 looks like my ass after drinking the water in mexico...