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Originally Posted by cfg83
aerohead -
Thanks. If nothing else, we will be able to confirm the devilish details of the design. He'll be happy to spend time analyzing the paper when you find it.
(Apologies for going off-topic here ...)
He talked a lot about the effect being akin to a "compressor stall" in jet engines :
Compressor stall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Speculation on my part)
In the above explanation, when the jet engine does not reduce the fuel flow, I think you get this very dangerous "backfire" effect :
Flying :
Idling backward, it looks like fuel is being dumped :
CarloSW2 |
Taxiing to the runway,on our way from Guam to Vietnam,our airliner suffered a compressor stall,blowing a beautiful smoke-ring out the nozzle of the engine on my wing.After a small wait,the pilot came over the intercom,told us about it,and we were shortly on our way to sunny DaNang.Haven't thought about that in years.