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Highboosted · 10-15-2007, 06:29 PM

Think about this, then make your own decision:

We wash jet engines to remove deposits (mostly after a birdstrike, and the guts stink really bad). Every engine has a written limit to how much water and for how long because it erodes the compressor blades. Modern turbofan engines are designed so that the water from heavy rainfall is directed by the slow moving fan away from entering the fast moving "power section" compressors, otherwise they'd fail in short order. Same limits apply to spraying deicing fluid in the engines before takeoff in bad weather.

And for the rest, I agree with magapaka

10-15-2007, 06:29 PM	#10 (permalink)
Highboosted king of ghetto Join Date: May 2004 Location: St. Louis Drives: '94 Stealth Turbo Trader Rating: (28)	Re: Pre Turbo Methanol injection. Think about this, then make your own decision: We wash jet engines to remove deposits (mostly after a birdstrike, and the guts stink really bad). Every engine has a written limit to how much water and for how long because it erodes the compressor blades. Modern turbofan engines are designed so that the water from heavy rainfall is directed by the slow moving fan away from entering the fast moving "power section" compressors, otherwise they'd fail in short order. Same limits apply to spraying deicing fluid in the engines before takeoff in bad weather. And for the rest, I agree with magapaka __________________ Compressed version: LEXAN WINDOW GROUP BUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter and therefore, unsafe." "Helicopters dont fly, they beat the air into submission." "Basic Flying Rules; Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it. The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there." "Flashlights are tubular metal containers kept in a flight bag for the purpose of storing dead batteries." "If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to." "Progress in airline flying: now a flight attendant can get a pilot pregnant." Aircraft Mechanics are Plane Nuts