Unusual engine

Matthew Speed wrote in
:

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:00:26 +0100, Stefan
wrote:

I've just stumbled over this picture. Does anybody know what kind of
engine this is?
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=0537804&size=M

Looking at that picture it seems to me that it would much easier to
damage that engine with the blades exposed like that. Given the rate
at which turbine engines rotate wouldn't the engine be subjected to
extreme stresses if one of the blades were to be damaged?



Well, the blades go considerably slower than a turbine does!
All the same, they're pretty fast compared to a standard prop.
If a jet engine loses a fan blade it's not a good thing either. You've got
to shut down reasonably quickly. It'd be about the same for this engine, I
would think


Bertie