Ever seen a jet engine runaway?

[jbi]

And for that matter, a forklift nearly go airborne?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9J91Iq52Bk&fea...

Must have some balls not to run away and take cover

[mickrick]

Coool! Where can I get one?
Your link lead me to this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1...

A block of wood under the rear wheels, the guy standing on the draw bar, to stop it launching into the stupid onlookers standing in front of the prop with kids!

[Zaxxon]

mickrick said:

Coool! Where can I get one?
Your link lead me to this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1...

A block of wood under the rear wheels, the guy standing on the draw bar, to stop it launching into the stupid onlookers standing in front of the prop with kids!

Crikey, I have seen the Merlins and Griffins several times at Duxford always pointing away from the crowd though. That is bloody lethal.

[pingu393]

mickrick said:

Coool! Where can I get one?
Your link lead me to this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1...

A block of wood under the rear wheels, the guy standing on the draw bar, to stop it launching into the stupid onlookers standing in front of the prop with kids!

At least there was H&S red and white mine tape there to protect the crowd

[dvs_dave]

Yes, pretty dangerous but the prop is feathered to almost zero pitch. Just enough to provide a bit of cooling flow, although to move it when he cranks it up. haha

[eharding]

mickrick said:

Coool! Where can I get one?
Your link lead me to this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1...

A block of wood under the rear wheels, the guy standing on the draw bar, to stop it launching into the stupid onlookers standing in front of the prop with kids!

Appears to be an M-14P without a Yak attached to it. Barking mad, the lot of them. There is no way in Hell I'd start the engine with a crowd like that in close proximity.

[mybrainhurts]

Yeah, we'll stick this on a pallet...what could possibly go wrong?

[mybrainhurts]

Merlin...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yprfH5ZsAHk

[mickrick]

Wonderful. I bet it smells wonderful too, hot metal and oil, nice.
Can anyone on here remember the smell of a hot aircooled bike engine that's been cleaned with Gunk?
Apologies to the OP for taking the thread off topic.
A good book if you like Merlin's or RR jet engines "Not Much Of An Engineer" by Sir Stanley Hooker. Some interesting stuff about the Harrier too.

[KieronGSi]

Brilliant.... So brilliant i thought that when i got into work i would give this ago....











Alas my forklift isn't big enough.

[mickrick]

Can we see a video of you firing the old girl up please?

[Fluid]

KieronGSi said:

Brilliant.... So brilliant i thought that when i got into work i would give this ago....











Alas my forklift isn't big enough.

Brize Norton?

[Kneetrembler]

mickrick said:

Wonderful. I bet it smells wonderful too, hot metal and oil, nice.
Can anyone on here remember the smell of a hot aircooled bike engine that's been cleaned with Gunk?
Apologies to the OP for taking the thread off topic.
A good book if you like Merlin's or RR jet engines "Not Much Of An Engineer" by Sir Stanley Hooker. Some interesting stuff about the Harrier too.

My old FLSTC regularly

[PaulG40]

I've seen two on Tornados, one when I was right in front of the jet walking in front of the pitot probe during a see off, the engine noise suddenly got very loud and the nose dipped, st me up seeing a pitot probe suddenly dip toward me! Pilot quickly caught the runaway and shut the HP cock almost immeadiately!

And seen one at an airshow when I was in the crowd, ran away with itself to destruction!

[phil_h_88]

KieronGSi said:

Brilliant.... So brilliant i thought that when i got into work i would give this ago....











Alas my forklift isn't big enough.

Ha spent many (un)happy hours down the aisle to the left of that, making labels for all the kits too big for tool stores!

[mat777]

that jet engine is certainly not healthy - the bottom portion is continually flaming out which will damage the internals

[Rower]

A friend of mine told me about a trip he made to an old school timber yard ,( the type with massive logs sawn and stacked for seasoning ) a week or so ago . Whilst waiting for the stuff he was buying to be sorted he noticed 2 Jet engines on pallets in one of the sheds , it appears they were from a Meteor .

The guys working there told him that every now and then they stick them in the back of a couple of old Transits , buy a couple of hundreds quids worth of fuel drive them to a nearby straight road , open the back doors of the Transits fire up the jets and off they go ! Couple of runs very early in the morning , shut the doors and then back to base !

He lives near Chepstow so keep an eye or ear open if you live round there !

Rower

[Condi]

Engines should have something attached to them. It makes me sad to see them revving away and not doing anything of use.

[Mojocvh]

PaulG40 said:

I've seen two on Tornados, one when I was right in front of the jet walking in front of the pitot probe during a see off, the engine noise suddenly got very loud and the nose dipped, st me up seeing a pitot probe suddenly dip toward me! Pilot quickly caught the runaway and shut the HP cock almost immeadiately!

And seen one at an airshow when I was in the crowd, ran away with itself to destruction!

Been under two, both mecu faults, one under the back, one under the intake, same result, big cleaning bill!!

[XJSJohn]

Was interesting watching the QANTAS 380 when itbreturned to Changi, seems there was some problem with shutting down the other engine on port wing, so they stopped it by filling it up with water from 2 big fire tenders!

Was certain.y making a lot of noise!