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How would a gas turbine be safer? Much more heat, flammable fuel, so I'm curious as to the reasons.

• toomuchtodo 12y ago
  Depending on the fuel, gas turbines can be much safer. The current and voltage he's working with is fairly dangerous for close contact, where it takes a great deal of effort to ignite kerosene or diesel fuel in an open air environment.
  • kposehn 12y ago
    Ah, ok. That makes more sense now. Still, I would expect the massive heat output of a gas turbine to be another danger as well. You are, after all, spitting extremely hot gases out the back, which could pose a great danger to anyone behind and might also melt a large amount of snow. Probably depends greatly on the method of mounting it though...
• savrajsingh 12y ago
  Jude is a part-time comedian. :) He was just kidding.
• erobbins 12y ago
  It wouldn't, and it would suck fuel like crazy. Fans aren't optimal for low speed thrust.. turbojets even less so :) 2 fans would be much better than 1 jet.
• trhway 12y ago
  not safer, though with [bigger] gas turbine you can get something like this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJARrc40imk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJARrc40imk or with bigger propeller : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_UtPmb3Z-o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_UtPmb3Z-o (in the San Carlos museum btw)