Bird sucked into engine during take off..
(Sweep up on runway 4!)
If I were a pilot I'd like to have a little red light (or window pop up for glass cockpit) if an object got sucked into an engine.
Call it a bird strike light..
Here's how I imagine it:
Some lasers, some photo detectors. If the beam gets broken, something was sucked into the engine.. (Hollywood burglar alarm style.)
But I think the idea crashes when there's rain, cloud, fog, snow or ice crystals getting sucked in. Also, there might be ice and dirt on the optics. So optical probably sucks.
D from BC myrealaddress(at)comic(dot)com BC, Canada Posted to usenet sci.electronics.design