Ronnie Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 This may have been posted before, but worth a look Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kunac-Tabinor Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Now that would help char-grill your steaks! Jonners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caution Wake Turbulence Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Popular with the neighbours, I'll bet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charley420 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I never knew rollsroyce made space heaters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbag Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 One way of keeping the neighbourhood clear of cats. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamS Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Bit over the top for clearing the leaves. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich2010 Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Having worked at large airports being a 'headset man' and pushback tug driver for many years, these fellas are taking pretty big risks. a) standing within a 7.5m radius of the intake of a large turbofan engine on start up. I wouldn't. Sliced and diced anyone? walking behind a turbofan on start up when fuel is introduced. Apart from fire, dangers of high temperature air at high speeds are obvious. A mere grain of sand accelerated through the nice big noisy leaf-blower can cause high speed particulate damage to flesh, especially eyes. c) ingestion by the turbofan of foreign object debris - FOD - (the lovely white gazebo) can cause surge, fire and/ or uncontrolled catastrophic events (explosions). Apart from the A1 Avgas the nearby mini digger would go up a treat too. Even at idle, as I guess this is, unimaginable volumes of air are sucked into the motor. d) just because there's no fuel going through it doesn't mean it won't suck! This is what the lineys used to tell us when we passed too near the engine on wind down. Correct procedure is to wait until the flight deck have monitored the falling revs and switched the beacon off before approaching the aircraft or passing behind. Incorrect procedure is to wander up to the eight foot diameter spinning windmill just after fuel cut and be amazed at the force of the draught pushing you towards the first stage. It'll more than likely be the last thing you see. That said, I wouldn't mind having it in my garden... The kids would love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted September 25, 2012 Author Share Posted September 25, 2012 Having worked at large airports being a 'headset man' and pushback tug driver for many years, these fellas are taking pretty big risks. a) standing within a 7.5m radius of the intake of a large turbofan engine on start up. I wouldn't. Sliced and diced anyone? walking behind a turbofan on start up when fuel is introduced. Apart from fire, dangers of high temperature air at high speeds are obvious. A mere grain of sand accelerated through the nice big noisy leaf-blower can cause high speed particulate damage to flesh, especially eyes. c) ingestion by the turbofan of foreign object debris - FOD - (the lovely white gazebo) can cause surge, fire and/ or uncontrolled catastrophic events (explosions). Apart from the A1 Avgas the nearby mini digger would go up a treat too. Even at idle, as I guess this is, unimaginable volumes of air are sucked into the motor. d) just because there's no fuel going through it doesn't mean it won't suck! This is what the lineys used to tell us when we passed too near the engine on wind down. Correct procedure is to wait until the flight deck have monitored the falling revs and switched the beacon off before approaching the aircraft or passing behind. Incorrect procedure is to wander up to the eight foot diameter spinning windmill just after fuel cut and be amazed at the force of the draught pushing you towards the first stage. It'll more than likely be the last thing you see. That said, I wouldn't mind having it in my garden... The kids would love it. Well how about this one then..........................http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9J91Iq52Bk&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted September 25, 2012 Author Share Posted September 25, 2012 Sorry - wrong link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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