WWII. I think the crew
windscreen, smacked the pilot
in his left shoulder.
Cellphone + breathalyzer! :)
D from BC myrealaddress(at)comic(dot)com BC, Canada Posted to usenet sci.electronics.design
Who'd be providing the thrust? :)
ha.....that's so bad. :)
D from BC myrealaddress(at)comic(dot)com BC, Canada Posted to usenet sci.electronics.design
Only if the intention is to conduct a survey relating to birds being sucked into jet engines.
If the engines stop working, the very last thing which the pilots will be worrying about is the reason *why* the engines stopped working.
qrk wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
they don't always just "stop",the fans break and lose impeller blades and become imbalanced,tearing the engine apart. Those engines are turning at 50,000 RPM or more.
-- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net
RFI-EMI-GUY wrote in news:499b2558$0$17068$ snipped-for-privacy@unlimited.newshosting.com:
no,a Blue Screen of Death (MS trademark) on the cockpit displays,and then "Game Over".
-- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net
Well..I tried.. At least I learned a bit about jet motors.
It's not as goofy as this idea: A metal detector on a home vacuum nozzle. The electronics show how much coinage got sucked up. Maybe at the $5.00 point, someone might go fishing for the change in the dust bag.. :P
D from BC myrealaddress(at)comic(dot)com BC, Canada Posted to usenet sci.electronics.design
Another option would be to limit the diverter to handling large birds (those big enough to cause real damage), and do something else with the small ones.
It ought to be possible to design a post-turbine diverter, to deal gracefully with the remains of small birds sucked into the engine. The chopped and flash-cooked bodies could be spun out into a catch-basin of some sort, quick-frozen by the outside air, and stored until the plane lands. They could then be packaged and sold as dog food - a useful additional revenue source for airlines in these times of high operating expenses.
Spider Robinson proposed something vaguely along these lines some years ago. He even proposed a brand name for the new canine chow: "Wren din-din."
(grins, ducks, runs like hell)
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Funny... :)
D from BC myrealaddress(at)comic(dot)com BC, Canada Posted to usenet sci.electronics.design
:Bird sucked into engine during take off.. :
If a single small bird gets sucked into one engine then it will most likely not cause a problem, in much the same manner as a bug getting squashed on your car windscreen. If no problem does occur then knowing about it is probably of moot value as long as the plane keeps flying. If it does cause a problem then the plane will probably exhibit some abnormal behaviour and the pilot will know something is wrong. Having a bird strike detector is not going to help one iota after the event is it? Sort of the same if large bird hits your windscreen while driving at 110km/h. You are certainly going to know about it as you try to see through the smashed glass and avoid running off the road.
In the case of many birds, or a large bird getting sucked into each engine, then buddy, it doesn't matter if you have the most sophisticated bird strike detector in the world. You're still goin'down.....
Other posters have made similar points..
It's kinda like a soldier that wears a 'got shot' bullet detector. :P Doesn't matter where the bullet came from, what type, velocity or direction...priority is finding medical care.
D from BC myrealaddress(at)comic(dot)com BC, Canada Posted to usenet sci.electronics.design
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She's just sitting in for Helen Thomas... That's a very neat recycle though.
Combined vacuumm cleaner and slot machine?
Spins the reels each time a coin is sucked up. 3 BARs and it coughs up all the change. 3 lemons and it coughs up all the dust.
Nice :)
That reminds me...although, not electronic, I thought of making a musical toy that fits on the vacuum side of a home vacuum. A vacuum flute or vacuum trumpet or whatever reverse air flow that works for bag pipe or orchardian type resonators. Fun for kids! Hell for the parents..
D from BC myrealaddress(at)comic(dot)com BC, Canada Posted to usenet sci.electronics.design
Yeah I guess if you put the vacuum outside. Noisy suckers.
What about a bunch of knives across the front of the engine? That would reduce the "big bird" (sorry) thing, but I can't say what a bunch of little pieces ricocheting around would do...
What thrust? That's an _intake_ cowl, ;-)
Cheers! Rich
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:40:59 -0800, RST Engineering (jw) wrote: Rich Grise wrote: {top-post repaired]
Feh - the Cessnas I've flown could outmaneuver a seagull. ;-)
Cheers! Rich
While growing up, I always figured they had all that stuff figuired out about sucking into engines...
Having an extra rotary vane or two in front of the engine would certainly cut it up a bit.
greg
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