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Why would a flock of birds large enough to be ingested by both engines of a two-engined plane not also be large enough to be ingested by all four engines of a f
by Ichthypresbyter 1y ago
Why would a flock of birds large enough to be ingested by both engines of a two-engined plane not also be large enough to be ingested by all four engines of a four-engined plane?
- Waterluvian 1y agoGood point. We should be discussing eight-engine planes.
- ivan_gammel 1y agoWe should be discussing no-engine planes, since they are obviously safer in such situations.
- FridayoLeary 1y agoLike the b 52 bomber. I always liked them. We could convert them for passenger flights. Airlines could develop luggage pods that hang from the wings and the planes support mid air refuelling so that could help with turnarounds. They also have tail guns for even more safety. Also huge bay doors which will make getting on and off the plane much faster.
- beAbU 1y agoMake the cabin a cartridge that clicks into the bottom. Give the cabin wheels and propulsion.
- grues-dinner 1y agoThunderbird 2 was always the best one. Even if those stubby forward-swept wings don't really seem like what you need for the normal mission profiles!
- HeyLaughingBoy 1y agoDoor to door international service. I like it.
- Integrape 1y ago¿Por qué no los ocho?
- mikeyouse 1y agoThis is where some of the E-Plane concepts really shine. Let's see a flock of birds take out every engine on this NASA demonstrator: https://sacd.larc.nasa.gov/asab/asab-projects-2/x57maxwell/ https://sacd.larc.nasa.gov/asab/asab-projects-2/x57maxwell/
- gardenhedge 1y agoWhat's with these comments
- moralestapia 1y ago>Why don’t all four tires on a car blow out at the same time?
- Ichthypresbyter 1y agoThey do if you drive over a stinger (or perhaps a sufficiently large number of nails or other sharp objects).
- aipatselarom 1y agoThey also do if you go around the car with a knife and you stab them. But it is somehow implied that the context of the comment is normal driving conditions. Perhaps that comment could be reworded like: >When driving on a highway, while not being pursued by the police, on planet Earth, with a road temperature below 200C, and not driving behind a van transporting nails with an open door that's dropping them on the road, why don’t all four tires on a car blow out at the same time? That way people could get a better sense of what it is about.
- bregma 1y agoThe kid would have to have a pretty large glass milk bottle hidden under his coat for that to happen.