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Without knowing a lot about geared turbofans, it would be cool to have a gearbox bypass such that if the gearbox fails, the engine could stop, engage the bypass
by ak217 13y ago
Without knowing a lot about geared turbofans, it would be cool to have a gearbox bypass such that if the gearbox fails, the engine could stop, engage the bypass, and restart in an emergency mode that's less efficient but gets thrust.
- beachstartup 13y agoi know nothing about turbofans, geared or not, but i would guess that any kind of 'failure' of a gearing system at jet engine speeds means the entire thing is exploding, not just failing over to a backup system.