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Re:Lufthansa flight has near-miss with drone near Warsaw by astrodust on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @04:29PM (#9925550)
I think the worst thing is not the fire, but what happens if the wiring gets gummed up on some blades and unbalances the engine. These things turn at a crazy number of RPM, so even a small amount of weight off-balance could cause them to vibrate and self-destruct catastrophically if it hit the right harmonic.
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Re:Lufthansa flight has near-miss with drone near Warsaw by simcop2387 on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @04:39PM (#9925615)
Given the speeds I'm not even sure it'd take that. The debris being sucked in I think would be enough to break/bend a blade or two which would unbalance it just as easily. Making even more debris for the rest of the engine.
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Re:Lufthansa flight has near-miss with drone near Warsaw by kordless on Saturday July 25, 2015 @01:59PM (#9948383)
Those blades are crazy tough and the battery is the least of your worries when ingesting a drone. I'd be more concerned about the motors doing the damage to the blades.
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