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But for christ's sake, I hope these god damned engines can handle an amount of coin-sized pebbles or gravel swept up into the intake by fortuitous air currents.

• toomuchtodo 9y ago
  Not really. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_object_damage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_object_damage You're asking a lot of nickel alloy blades turning at 15k-19k rpms.
• voycey 9y ago
  They test them for bird strikes https://youtu.be/_jfXX7qppbc https://youtu.be/_jfXX7qppbc But I guess a small piece of metal might do more damage
  • voycey 9y ago
    "The engine does not have to remain functional after the test, but it must not cause significant damage to the rest of the aircraft. " oh
    • Doxin 9y ago
      Point being that most aircraft can fly just fine with one of its engines disabled.