testing jet engines

testing jet engines for behavior during abird strike is standard practice

usually frozen chickens are fired into the spinning engine while the
engine behavior is observed

one of my friends wrote

At airbus they fire french croissants and bratwurst.......... Not as
effective as frozen chickens apparently.


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In article ,
jamoran wrote:

testing jet engines for behavior during abird strike is standard practice

usually frozen chickens are fired into the spinning engine while the
engine behavior is observed

one of my friends wrote

At airbus they fire french croissants and bratwurst.......... Not as
effective as frozen chickens apparently.

These were Rolls Royce engines. Do they use tea and crumpets to check
their engines???

Kurt Ullman wrote:
In article ,
jamoran wrote:

testing jet engines for behavior during abird strike is standard practice

usually frozen chickens are fired into the spinning engine while the
engine behavior is observed

one of my friends wrote

At airbus they fire french croissants and bratwurst.......... Not as
effective as frozen chickens apparently.

These were Rolls Royce engines. Do they use tea and crumpets to check
their engines???

On the newscast I heard, they were GE engines. Hamburgers and donuts?

T.

In article ,
Tom P wrote:

Kurt Ullman wrote:
In article ,
jamoran wrote:

testing jet engines for behavior during abird strike is standard practice

usually frozen chickens are fired into the spinning engine while the
engine behavior is observed

one of my friends wrote

At airbus they fire french croissants and bratwurst.......... Not as
effective as frozen chickens apparently.

These were Rolls Royce engines. Do they use tea and crumpets to check
their engines???

On the newscast I heard, they were GE engines. Hamburgers and donuts?

T.

NBC (originally anyway) were saying they were RR. Confusion in the
news media. Who'd a thunk it.(g).

"jamoran" wrote in message
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testing jet engines for behavior during abird strike is standard practice

usually frozen chickens are fired into the spinning engine while the
engine behavior is observed

Urban myth.

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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

"William Black" wrote in message
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"jamoran" wrote in message
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testing jet engines for behavior during abird strike is standard practice

usually frozen chickens are fired into the spinning engine while the
engine behavior is observed

Urban myth.

I take that statement as quite humorous. A raw chicken for a bird test
maybe, but frozen? Unless they're checking for effects of the engine
striking a bowling ball in flight.

Kurt Ullman wrote:
In article ,
Tom P wrote:

Kurt Ullman wrote:
In article ,
jamoran wrote:

testing jet engines for behavior during abird strike is standard practice

usually frozen chickens are fired into the spinning engine while the
engine behavior is observed

one of my friends wrote

At airbus they fire french croissants and bratwurst.......... Not as
effective as frozen chickens apparently.
These were Rolls Royce engines. Do they use tea and crumpets to check
their engines???
On the newscast I heard, they were GE engines. Hamburgers and donuts?

T.

NBC (originally anyway) were saying they were RR. Confusion in the
news media. Who'd a thunk it.(g).

In fact no single company makes engines for the A320. The powerplants
used in the A320 are made by either CFM or IAE, a consortium of SNECMA
and GE Aviation, and P&W, RR and MTU respectively.

T.

Cyrus Afzali wrote:
On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:47:21 +0100, Tom P wrote:

Kurt Ullman wrote:
In article ,
Tom P wrote:

Kurt Ullman wrote:
In article ,
jamoran wrote:

testing jet engines for behavior during abird strike is standard practice

usually frozen chickens are fired into the spinning engine while the
engine behavior is observed

one of my friends wrote

At airbus they fire french croissants and bratwurst.......... Not as
effective as frozen chickens apparently.
These were Rolls Royce engines. Do they use tea and crumpets to check
their engines???
On the newscast I heard, they were GE engines. Hamburgers and donuts?

T.
NBC (originally anyway) were saying they were RR. Confusion in the
news media. Who'd a thunk it.(g).
In fact no single company makes engines for the A320. The powerplants
used in the A320 are made by either CFM or IAE, a consortium of SNECMA
and GE Aviation, and P&W, RR and MTU respectively.

The engines on the plane in question were CFM.

Ok, then it was french croissants and hamburgers...

I know fighter Jet canopies are tested by firing frozen chickens at them

Goodyear Aerospace. Several years ago, I toured their facility and
the testing facilities were on display

Allied Signal has an engine test lab where they spin up jet engines and
see how they react to some faults. They may machine a fault into one or
more fan blades, or they may throw a frozen chicken at the engine and
see what happens.

It is believed that a flock of Canadian Geese impacted the America West
aircraft that splashed down in New York. A canadian goose can weigh 12
pounds or more...

when an airplane is flying at 600 mph or more, hitting a bird would
be best simulated by using something frozen as 1) it's easier to fire a
frozen bird. Also, have you ever stuck a straw through a potato...

move the straw at high velocity and it goes right through but do it
slowly and the straw may wrinkle or flex.. same principle or physics here

flying is all physics as is everything else... laws of physics are universal

Jim Davis wrote:
"William Black" wrote in message
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"jamoran" wrote in message
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testing jet engines for behavior during abird strike is standard practice

usually frozen chickens are fired into the spinning engine while the
engine behavior is observed
Urban myth.

I take that statement as quite humorous. A raw chicken for a bird test
maybe, but frozen? Unless they're checking for effects of the engine
striking a bowling ball in flight.




--
JOHN

888-5-analon (888-526-2566)

computers (unix admin), chemistry, and Freggs too
I make it work. X-windows, not MSW !

"jamoran" wrote in message
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I know fighter Jet canopies are tested by firing frozen chickens at them

Goodyear Aerospace. Several years ago, I toured their facility and
the testing facilities were on display

Allied Signal has an engine test lab where they spin up jet engines and
see how they react to some faults. They may machine a fault into one or
more fan blades, or they may throw a frozen chicken at the engine and see
what happens.

It is believed that a flock of Canadian Geese impacted the America West
aircraft that splashed down in New York. A canadian goose can weigh 12
pounds or more...

when an airplane is flying at 600 mph or more, hitting a bird would
be best simulated by using something frozen as 1) it's easier to fire a
frozen bird.

Better do some research about the "frozen" part of your story.
http://www.snopes.com/science/cannon.asp