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What happens when a drone gets ingested by an aircraft engine, FAA ready to conduct live test
The inclusion of large numbers of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS) may pose unique hazards to other aircraft sharing the airspace. (dcnewsroom.blogspot.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Sounds like a new episode of Mythbusters.
Foreign Object Damage, no matter what. Now, dependent on the size and materials of the drone and the construction of the engine blades will determine how much damage/destruction occurs.
I would venture to say a commercial drone versus a newer engine with composite blades will be dramatically catastrophic.
I would venture to say a commercial drone versus a newer engine with composite blades will be dramatically catastrophic.
You folks might enjoy this video of GE testing one of its engine models. Manufactures also test windshields in a similar fashion. And pitot tubes. And AOA vanes. And on and on.
https://www.wired.com/2014/11/how-ge-tests-jet-engines/
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https://www.wired.com/2014/11/how-ge-tests-jet-engines/
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I remember a story from many moons ago where a manufacturer was testing windshields and every single one failed in a magnificent manner. Every turkey fired out of the cannon went straight through the windshield without hesitation. The manufacturer was getting concerned that the windshield glass was going to have to be prohibitively thick and therefore heavy. We're talking approaching 6" thick of treated glass and laminate. Eventually, they reached out to another manufacturer for guidance and after letting them spend a pile more money on testing the competitor asked a simple question:
"Did you thaw the turkeys first?"
"Did you thaw the turkeys first?"
That story has been around for years, although this is the first time I’ve seen it with turkeys. Usually it’s associated with frozen chickens fired at windshields for British trains, sometimes its Australian engineers testing train windshields. Having observed a few chicken cannon tests, we never used frozen birds to start with. The birds are purchased live and euthanized just prior to testing.
That will be some expensive testing.