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Actually, no. What is the cone made of? LDPE most likely. Soft, easily melted, easily shredded, easily burned. So a gas turbine most likely won't even notice a
by lstodd 3y ago
Actually, no. What is the cone made of? LDPE most likely. Soft, easily melted, easily shredded, easily burned.
So a gas turbine most likely won't even notice a cone.
Besides in a modern high-bypass turbofan about 80% of it would just get shredded by the fan and fly around the delicate parts, which aren't that much delicate.
- itsyaboi 3y agoWhat the cone is made out of is irrelevant. Any sort of FOD ingestion will lead to downtime and inspection/rebuild depending on severity of the damage found.