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At least the bulk of the metal went downwards I guess.

I have seen a movie of a rotary powered wagon that had a flywheel explode. Bits of metal went upwards and fell amongst the spectators at the drag strip.

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.... and you thought he was having a sucky day. :jamie:

 

Boeing 767 doing ground runs in the States.

 

This is where it started......

 

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This is what it went through......

 

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This is where it ended......

 

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...... whoops! Brown trousers!

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At least the bulk of the metal went downwards I guess.

I have seen a movie of a rotary powered wagon that had a flywheel explode. Bits of metal went upwards and fell amongst the spectators at the drag strip.

 

 

listen to the commentator ask if anybody in the crown has been hit!! :jamie:

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Oh the memories , i did something similar in my RX2 many years ago at the old eastern creek except it was my clutch pressure plate that exploded , shattered the bell housing snapped half the rear end plate of engine off , cut clean through the exctractors and very luckily only just cut into a fuel line but didn't go through the hose , was a long time till back on the road had to replace everything behind radiator back to tailshaft was quite expensive

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Red I know those gas turbine pics well..lol MMM bit of a hot start you could say..lol

 

I have seen a jet powered go kart similar to the one I made lift off the ground doing 100km/h when its single 100mm diameter turbine let go at 80,000RPM so imagine a Boeing 767 engine letting go......

 

Cameron

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