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/———/ The NY Times had an article but it’s behind a pay wall. I found this which covers the basics: “For a start, deicing the wire mesh would be a tricky issue. And it would also affect the airflow into the engine thereby impacting the efficiency. And what do you do when a couple of birds clog the screen?”Why can't they put some kind of screen cover over the front of a jet engine to keep birds out of them?
The mesh issue is very funny, indeed. A jet engine has enough intake volume to ingest a person without any problem, which mesh wouldn't stand a chance.
If you get ingested by an older, low bypass ratio engine, many times the airflow is slowed down so much the engine stalls and burps out the front of the engine, hopefully tossing you out the front.
There was incident where a ANG tech was ingested and no one noticed until later that night. They found him on the side of the hanger.
High bypass ratio, there are no inlet guide vanes on the fan. Hamburger is the option.
There is usually a red line on the engine cowling, maybe 3 feet back from the intake, plus a hook point for a safety harness.
Something like 20 or 30 feet in front of the intake cowl, airflow will suck your things out of your shirt pockets.
At the speeds modern aircraft travel at… That contraption would merely dice the birds prior to the intake ingesting them.
I always strapped a board across my ass.I was ingested by a woman in Houston once.
It happens most of time on take off and landing. At altitude, the impact of, say a duck, wouldn't be good.At the speeds modern aircraft travel at… That contraption would merely dice the birds prior to the intake ingesting them.
They've been documented at 22,000+ at times. A big updraft can take them even higher.I wouldn't think a duck could get that high.
Ok say a bird or birds fly into that mesh and are held against it by the forward motion of the plane and the turbines of the engines pulling air in. What will that do to the thrust?
When it sends the mesh into the engine, it'll kill the engine.Ok say a bird or birds fly into that mesh and are held against it by the forward motion of the plane and the turbines of the engines pulling air in. What will that do to the thrust?
Even if the mesh holds up the engine will stall from lack of air flow.When it sends the mesh into the engine, it'll kill the engine.
Maybe, maybe not. I'd bet it would suck all the meat off the bones.Even if the mesh holds up the engine will stall from lack of air flow.
good point.Maybe, maybe not. I'd bet it would suck all the meat off the bones.
