May 06, 2009 by geemailrocks | Posted in Engineering
I recently asked about the direction the fan on the front of jet engine rotates. I gave this photo as an example ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GE90_B 777-200LR.JPG ). I was told it rotated counter clockwise. HOWEVER, I am sat at gate A37 of Denver
777's can have the Rolls Royce Trent engine. They spin clockwise.
And when the engines are turned off, a slight breeze can turn the turbofan. A breeze is blowing at it from behind the engine. It's simply windmilling.
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Ryan | May 06, 2009
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Norio Hayakawa — F-14 San Diego Incident
Two pilots, after they ejected from the aircraft, said they heard 3 loud explosions as the jet plummeted to the ground.
The crash site was about one mile north of Scripps Miramar Ranch, about two miles northeast of Mira Mesa, and about 4 miles northeast of the air base.
About 65 firefighters from the San Diego Fire Department and Poway were summoned to the canyon area to battle a two-acre blaze triggered when the jet crashed. Navy spokesman Lt. Ed Mapers said that “Quite a few people called us and they all said it was strange”. “They said it was quiet and the aircraft was making no noise. It could lead you to believe possibly that the engines shut down”.
Mr. Lucky Endo, a long-time area resident, said that he did not witness the crash itself nor did he see the crash site because it was on the other side of the hill. According to him, the area was completely secured and became off limits to the public by the military, the police and the fire department.
What was most interesting was that Mr. Endo states that around 3:30 p.m., he began to observe an oval-shaped object hovering in the distance on the visible side of the hill, just above the tree lines.
