Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Click Click Boom

When things go wrong in the wind tunnel, they go wrong quickly. Like at 200+MPH it takes all of about 0.3 seconds to get from test section to the prop. At that point, all bets are off.
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When stuff up to and including Aluminum go through a B-29 prop spinning 1200RPM, there is not much left on the other side. I used a broom to sweep up the white bits of housing and the remains of the cooling fan that was inside the housing.

2 comments:

  1. What happened to the fan?

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  2. Nothing a little time buffing won't remove! OK, so there are some scratches in the paint but that's it.

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