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A Former Airdisaster.Com Forum (senior member)....
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Well - seems like it WAS an uncontained engine failure... Check out the pictures here:
http://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/...andung100.html (German TV)
or here:
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Originally posted by AVION1 View PostIs made of honeycomb, take a look again...I don't recall of any engine nacelle or covers being made of honeycomb. And also that color and logo does not correspond to the engine. But of course, maybe I need my glasses....
It's definitely part of the engine casing and not the rudder so maybe yea, you do need glasses?
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Originally posted by justLOT787 View PostSimilar things have happened before like the 1980 and 1987 LOT crashes and 1989 United crash that were fatal cause was the engine turbine exploiting and disabling the planes even QANTAS not to long ago in LAX had a similar problem with the 747. The plane took off and the low pressure turbine exploded!
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Originally posted by Taliesin View PostThere is lots of honeycomb structure in engines. The purpose being that turbine blades can dig into it if the engine is spooled down too quickly and the casing contracts so much that it contacts the turbine blades.
It's definitely part of the engine casing and not the rudder so maybe yea, you do need glasses?
I don't recall that flat panel from the engine either...so yeah, maybe I need my glasses..oh well
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Originally posted by AVION1 View PostHere is the picture:
I don't recall that flat panel from the engine either...so yeah, maybe I need my glasses..oh well
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Originally posted by AVION1 View PostIs made of honeycomb, take a look again...I don't recall of any engine nacelle or covers being made of honeycomb. And also that color and logo does not correspond to the engine. But of course, maybe I need my glasses....
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Originally posted by Evan View PostThe nacelles are carbon (CRFP). The leading and trailing edge components of the nacelles are honeycomb. That piece in the photo is the trailing edge component of the nacelle.
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Originally posted by yeti View Post
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Originally posted by guamainiac View PostIs the engine nacelle made of aluminum alloy or composite. My first impression is that it has the same appearance as a beer can tossed in the fire. Looking at the photos however, the color of what I think is the nacelle is a blackish almost carbon fiber colored material. They would probably burn the same?
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From an interview with Frank Ogilvie, aerodynamics director for the A380:
Wing taper ratio was set by the wing area and the chord, while indirect constraints included the location of the outboard engines relative to the inboard engines based on pylon box length, rotor disc burst area, engine length, wing/engine overlap and leading-edge sweep.
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Originally posted by Evan View PostThe nacelles are carbon (CRFP). The leading and trailing edge components of the nacelles are honeycomb. That piece in the photo is the trailing edge component of the nacelle.
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