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Nov 9, 2004 | 09:23 PM

#21

alphaxxn

4500rpm hesitation

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From: Hesperia

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Originally Posted by Singhg83

i dont think it would do much. come, when your going like 500 miles an hour and a bird goes in there, or some crap, not much happens.

well... a 500mph bird into a redhot propeller makes me think of disintegration.

Nov 9, 2004 | 10:04 PM

#22

HawtPants

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From: Govenator Territory

a rock wont do shiet

even small planes are built to take 2 sea gulls simultaneouusly in the engine.

Nov 9, 2004 | 10:08 PM

#23

Kestrel

Push to shock!

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From: Palo Alto, CA

I wish I could find the videos I watched in propulsion class a couple of years ago. I think the official test for a jet engine to enter service in the US is for it to survive one four lb chicken and 8 1+1/2 lb chickens.

Nov 9, 2004 | 10:36 PM

#24

dom93hatch

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more meat, more fire

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From: Orange, CA

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Originally Posted by whoaitslen2

Let fly kites Dom. :rick:

You wanna go? :chuckles:

Nov 9, 2004 | 10:45 PM

#25

AP2

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Originally Posted by dom93hatch

I threw a rock into a running airplane engine? I was near Downtown SD the other day and there's a spot up on a hill that faces the runway of the airport, and planes are so close to the hill when they land that I could easily chuck a stone into the engine.

Just wondering :rick:

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