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Given that a big part of a jet engine is that there's a large series of rotors to perform the compression of the air intake as it streams in[1], and then constr
by simcop2387 11y ago
Given that a big part of a jet engine is that there's a large series of rotors to perform the compression of the air intake as it streams in[1], and then constricts the space to get even higher compression before the combustion chamber there's a good chance of things getting stuck once the primary rotor has been damaged by something going into it. That's the primary way that birds and other debris disable a single engine. They don't usually cause a fire because they're not likely to combust/explode on being punctured or torn[2].
[1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Jet_engine.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Jet_engi...
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhJf9pJ6gOk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhJf9pJ6gOk ; many more just look for lipo explode