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originally posted by: Annunak1
Wow just wow....
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originally posted by: cardinalfan0596
a reply to: bobs_uruncle
I am going to guess that the German pilots were actively trying to keep the nose up and not nose dive into the ground..... That does make a bit of a difference.
originally posted by: AgentSmith
originally posted by: bobs_uruncle
a reply to: samkent
But the engines weren't shredded in the any of the crashes except the pentagon and Shanksville. You can see them in the Alps in this recent crash. So what happened at the pentagon and Shanksville? Were they "special" somehow?
Cheers - Dave
Can you link to the images of the engines from the Alps crash?
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: bobs_uruncle
Portions of the engines were recovered from NYC, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon. The fan section wouldn't survive a high speed impact.
originally posted by: cardinalfan0596
a reply to: bobs_uruncle
10 to 20 tons of tungsten and hardened carbide steel huh? You really need to educate yourself about airliner construction.
originally posted by: bobs_uruncle
Every other crash in the world, except the pentagon and Shanksville, they could still find the engine
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: bobs_uruncle
Never looked under the cowling have you.
That small portion of the engine is what does all the work. That is where the combustion chamber is, which is what was recovered.
I've changed engines because of damage from a chunk of ice going through it. Those fan blades are very thin, and spin at a very high rate of speed. They can be damaged extremely easily.
The engine found isn't remarkably similar to what was found at the Pentagon. The Tomahawk uses an F107 engine. It's 1.16 feet in diameter and 4 feet long. That combustion chamber found would have been too large and heavy for a cruise missile.
The heaviest parts of the engine at Pennsylvania were found at the impact site.
originally posted by: hellobruce
originally posted by: bobs_uruncle
Every other crash in the world, except the pentagon and Shanksville, they could still find the engine
Except they did find the engines in the Pentagon and at Shanksville, there have been many pictures of them posted at this website many times....
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: bobs_uruncle
It matched perfectly with an RB211 engine on a 757.
originally posted by: Bilk22
We don't yet know the cause for the recent crash. Nice that you jumped on this so soon. You also didn't explain how an untrained pilot was able to fly for better than a mile at high speed along tree tops and electric poles without hitting anything in it's path. Nice try though.