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Originally posted by defcon5
Originally posted by Wally Hope
This is not true engine cases are designed to be shatter proof so that if the rotors fail for some reason they stay inside the casing, and do not cause damage to the wings or fuselage.
No, the engine housing is made of composite fiberglass material. I have watched a mechanic accidentally put a hole in one with a maintenance ladder. There is a smaller metal casing inside the engine which is designed to stop a shattered blade from hitting the aircraft body by absorbing the impact across its larger surface. It is not designed to take a high speed collision from the front.
Originally posted by Wally Hope
What about the casings, the rotor shafts...?
The casing is fiberglass, it would not handle the impact. The interior rings, that hold the fan blades did survive, same with the rotor shafts. There are photos of these on the net all over the place.
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Originally posted by Wally Hope
Well some of us can see major physical problems with all the plane being inside the building. How did the engines get in there when there was no holes for them to have gone through?
How do you figure...
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Originally posted by Wally Hope
Or the vertical stabilizer that also had no hole to go through?
As the tail of a 757 has no engine in it, it does not have the extra support that folks are used to seeing in older crashes, which involved aircraft with tail mounted engines. There is some extra damage from the tail section, but the majority of the tail would have simply sheared off and been pulled into the building.
Originally posted by Wally Hope
Or the wings that people try to point out left marks on the wall, where did they go?
There are only 20 feet of the thinest part of the wing with no large hole. These simply would have sheared, similar to the tail, and been dragged inside.
Originally posted by Wally Hope
Obviously not inside as again they didn't break through the wall, they left marks showing you that no?
They left plenty of damage, but the vertical columns also broke the wings at the same time.
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Originally posted by Wally Hope
That's a lot of plane to be crammed into the office it supposedly slammed into.
With gear up they fit into a single story industrial building. We used to park these at my airport, with the nose under the second story of a three story building. With the gear down the nose was no bigger then the second story of the building.
Originally posted by Wally Hope
Steel is stronger than titanium?
Steel will not only out-cut titanium alloy blades but may indeed cut titanium alloy blades in two!
Originally posted by defcon5
Come on... Didn't you polish mechanics boots in the military or some-such, thus making you a aircraft expert? Maybe it was clean the bathroom in the mechanics lounge, or saw an airplane once, I forget.
Originally posted by Wally Hope
reply to post by defcon5
Wow you're a real class act ain't ya?
Sorry but I already explained why your question is a cop out, and answering it is irrelevant to me, at least until you do the same and answer the points I raised.
I can see you are struggling, your anger is showing bit time...
And nice insults, who the hell in the military polished peoples boots? Did you look up NEC 6418, that's what I do. Do you know what an NEC is?
[edit on 26-5-2009 by Wally Hope]
Originally posted by Wally Hope
Wow you're a real class act ain't ya?
Originally posted by Wally Hope
There is no way you're putting an aluminum ladder through an engine casing that is made from a nickel titanium alloy.
Originally posted by Wally Hope
Sorry but I already explained why your question is a cop out, and answering it is irrelevant to me, at least until you do the same and answer the points I raised.
Originally posted by Wally Hope
I can see you are struggling, your anger is showing bit time...
Originally posted by Wally Hope
And nice insults, who the hell in the military polished peoples boots? Did you look up NEC 6418, that's what I do. Do you know what an NEC is?
Originally posted by Swing Dangler
reply to post by defcon5
If that were the case, any suggestion as to why this one didn't disintegrate upon impact of the tower, core columns, and finally the street?
Engine Debris In Street ??
posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by SPreston
Why, oh why, do YOU not offer an alternative???