In article <qemu6ctnff9i0vj8h7ahf05ihpp8pugrc8@4ax.com>, not my real pseudonym
says...
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>On 5 Jan 2017 21:07:15 -0800, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
>wrote:
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>>In article <RfmdnZOTRar_gfLFnZ2dnUU7-f_NnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Byker says...
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>>>"Miloch" wrote in message news:o4n5vm0am3@drn.newsguy.com...
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>>>>http://gizmodo.com/b-52-lands-fine-after-engine-falls-off-in-the-middle-of-1790824677
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>>>>A B-52 Stratofortress landed safely on Wednesday after an engine “dropped
>>>> shit.
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>>>I saw that on the news this evening. Did one engine drop off or the entire
>>>two-engine pod?
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>>One!...and that's what so puzzling.
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>>http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/6825/engine-falls-off-b-52-during-a-training-sortie-over-north-dakota
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>>engine detached from the shared mounting pylon, taking its whole nacelle housing
>>eight engines means that that losing one, even far towards the wing tip, does
>>not cause massive thrust imbalances."
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>https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f0/2e/7c/f02e7ce1a27f8624d857e97b180790bb.jpg
>https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/19/c3/5c/19c35c2749db258acba9d6a2955de7f0.jpg
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>Looking at how they are mounted, it doesn't seem that unusual to me
>(who has almost zero hours as a B-52 engine mechanic) that a single
>engine might decide to defect to North Dakota.
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>Might have been improper mounting to the pylon, or failure of same. If
>it was an uncontained failure of the turbine, I'm guessing the crew
>may well have shut down the other engine in the pod in case of
>collateral owies.
The bottom line (and most significant) for me is in the article at:
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/6825/engine-falls-off-b-52-during-a-training-sortie-over-north-dakota
"Regardless of whether this incident ends up being a result of human error or a
faulty component, it will likely fuel calls for the B-52's re-engine program to
finally be executed. Attempts to mount new powerplants on the BUFF have been
frequent over the last four decades, often with different powerplant choices and
different funding schemes motivating them. We have discussed all this in great
weaponry the B-52 is receiving. Not to mention the potential for what the type
"Barring the very low chance of an early B-52 retirement following a massive
investment into the new B-21 Raider program, any new engine initiative for the
B-52 would likely come under a complex private-public sector cooperative, where
higher reliability, less maintenance per flight hour, dramatically longer range
and loitering time, higher altitude operations, and more lifting ability while
utilizing shorter runways.That improved short-field performance could come in
very handy for forward deployed operations to the Pacific, and further the use
roles toting directed energy weapons or acting as a standoff jamming and
electronic warfare platform.
go Warriors/Raiders & 9ners (heh)
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