RobH Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 Impressive test - but what complete moron put a loud music soundtrack to that video? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 Didnt they do one test years ago firing frozen chickens into the intakes? Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mick Forey Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 An apocryphal story attributed to early British Rail testing of the windscreen of the HS125. They allegedly borrowed the compressed air gun from RR but failed to defrost the duck so failed the test. I bet this was just a story as part of the rivalry between the RR and BR engineering departments in Derby. A good story that I was told as a young engineer at RR. As the aero-engine test costs £5-10m to complete, I doubt that anybody would actually forget to defrost the duck. Just in case any body has a concern for the ducks, they are specially bred to a certain weight and humanly killed by a vet. Then stored to wait for the test. Mick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 Hi Stuart, it is possible that the 'frozen' chicken incident is banter across the pond. They get bragging rights and equally so do we. Indeed they do fire normal thawed chickens to simulate bird strikes but frozen birds are tend not to fly too high. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Motorsport Mickey Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 HHmmmmm ...well I'm sure Frank Richardson ex RR employee at Hucknall told me the birds had actually been killed the day before but had suffered rigor mortis overnight, the extra "stiffened corpse" proving too much for vanes on occasion. Mick Richards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewMAshton Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 If you have a morbid interest in aircraft accidents, 'Flight X' on YouTube, astonishing graphics and I take comfort in the fact that after every accident a forensic analysis and measures ae put in place to reduce the chances of it happening again. Cheers, Andrew Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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SuzanneH Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) Thanks for that Deggers, it was very informative. I bet they won’t show that on the news as it is far too positive. Our son is, at present, doing his 777 training since BA flight managers/Pursers have to work across the whole fleet and all destinations now since all the changes. Edited February 23, 2021 by SuzanneH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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