Re: Scared of Flying... this will remove any doubt

**Vap0r** · 05-01-2004, 09:01 AM

By sheer coincidence I first saw the man getting sucked into engine clip a few minutes before this thread was started which was kinda spooky, don't know if you guys have the show 'World of Pain' but he was on there saying it was all his own fault, he lost concentration for a minute and he is normally well aware of the forces in play.

**Geisha** · 05-01-2004, 08:06 PM

Actually the fact that the plane took off, flew, and landed with an engine in that condition [and with no resulting harm to the passengers] makes me feel safer... because the planes & engines must be designed really, really well. Design factors of 1.000 notwithstanding.

**GhostintheShell** · 05-01-2004, 11:33 PM

A commercial jet has a huge overcapacity for engine power. A good example of where to see this is here in this pic.

www.spacepix.net/shuttle/atlantis_747.htm

Now this 747 is heavily modified to haul the shuttle but still, wow.
If it can take off with a load like this on top, a huge mass of the shuttle plus the reduced aerodynamics, you know its packing a lot of power.

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