February 9th, 2010 | 
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www.skeletron.tv – Ex RAF Engineer demonstrating the various stages of a jet engine and what can go wrong when a fan blade breaks up. see if you can spot some famous faces from robotwars
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make sure to look …
make sure to look directly in the back right away too…..moron
That is a &^%$£D …
That is a &^%$£D jet engine now
He does not know …
He does not know what he is doing! The jet is melting itself down.
hahahaha dork
hahahaha dork
hehe there goes a …
hehe there goes a few grand lol … dont start your jets hot … most ppl know this … but not him he is only raf we are RAAF we got 1 mroe A were better lol
I can see why he is …
I can see why he is EX-RAF, he has almost ruined that engine! He clearly has NO IDEA what he’s doing, he allowed the engine to overheat during start up, it is likely it is permanently damaged!
He he!the burnt …
He he!the burnt out of it!ROFL!
you are right.
you are right.
i think that was a …
i think that was a hot start
Mwhahahahaha
Mwhahahahaha
Thats a fancy hair …
Thats a fancy hair dryer!
I didn,t know the …
I didn,t know the lead singer from ZZ TOP was into jet engines…you learn something new every day! (1.02 onwards)
If that guy was …
If that guy was really an engineer he would have been able to see (even without an EGT gauge)that it was a hot start
lol very good!
lol very good!
Lol I love …
Lol I love frustrated remark at the end “fantastic”, I know I’d be!
no no no you also …
no no no you also wrong, it was because he didnt connect the jimberwiffle to the nuttygoochenwaffle. simple
Oops, that was …
Oops, that was supposed to be a reply to jetpower06. Oh well.
I own one of these …
I own one of these engines (link in profile).
It is/was a WR27 APU. It was never manufactured with electric start in any voltage so that’s been added after the navy scraped it.
You need a powerful motor to allow the APU to accelerate fast enough to stay below its max temp during the start, or you melt your hot section as shown.
So the motor may not have been as capable as it should have, or simply the the poor guy had a mechanical failure (delivery compressor intake door opened etc..)
that, people, is …
that, people, is some quality gibberish.
Health and safety? …
Health and safety? not at these private events.
so you also know to …
so you also know to wear safety glasses when looking closer when there is fragmentation flying out?
lol, agreed.
lol, agreed.
no! no! no! your …
no! no! no! your all wrong the fling flang has to be engaged before the ohjamiflip heats up the dooda and overides the cranklemop at 3fings per syslabs,easy!
Can you say “Hot …
Can you say “Hot Start”?
E.g. one could …
E.g. one could build three, silent 1kN-model MGT’s (micro gas turbines) on a round or triangular platform and fly with it. (Yes it
does!) Coincidently you’d see your vehicule
days later on YT. In the category ‘UFO and
paranormal’.