The Power of Jet Engines (video)

Big Blue Sky · Post by **Big Blue Sky** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:26 am

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1a7_1184401792

LostinRotation · Post by **LostinRotation** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:43 pm

Anyone else notice that theres no engine in the truck to make it easier to flip ?

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tofo · Post by **tofo** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:06 pm

where' that conspericey guy when you need him (it has something to do with september 11 and a 757 not really hitting the pentagon)

your not that bright LIR. Go stand behind a 747 and see what happens when it powers up.

wallypilot · Post by **wallypilot** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:14 pm

It's true..no engine in the truck...not to downplay the power of the engine, but I have seen another video comparing an old citroen vs a newer more aerodynamic vehicle (like a newer for taurus, or something) and the citroen was blown apart and the tauraus had some panels ripped off, but didn't flip. cool vid either way.

Big Pratt · Post by **Big Pratt** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:49 pm

I'm no car expert, I just drive them, but I'd call that a rollover.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ5ZGV3Vxo8

Oh and the reason that the truck had no engine is that they probably pulled out the whole powertrain to:
1- keep the oily stuff outta the ocean
2- that good ol' inline 6 is prolly still earning it's keep in some beltloader/lav truck/air stair/etc.

Jetblast ain't a joke!

flyinphil · Post by **flyinphil** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:29 am

Big Pratt wrote:
Jetblast ain't a joke!

That is for sure. What a waste of a little tin frog!

Big Pratt · Post by **Big Pratt** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 6:34 am

That was some rough handling...
wouldn't have expected THAT from from a Virgin

ypph · Post by **ypph** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 6:06 pm

here is another one, not bad to push a 30 tonne aircraft around like a piece of paper.

love to hear the CVR on that thing....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mKaE74EnLs4& ... ed&search=

LostinRotation · Post by **LostinRotation** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:29 am

tofo wrote:where' that conspericey guy when you need him (it has something to do with september 11 and a 757 not really hitting the pentagon)

your not that bright LIR. Go stand behind a 747 and see what happens when it powers up.

It was a simple statement...the truck was lighter, hence easier to flip. Mythbusters did a show on this in the past and couldn't get a caprice to flip. Making it lighter would obviously make this easier. I never said anything to the effect that it was B.S. Actually I'm very well aware what jetblast is like...I deal with it on a daily basis when I go to work.

How you fly off the handle and make personal attacks over something so trivial I don't know. It's really not rocket science. Grow up jackass.

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Nark · Post by **Nark** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:02 am

Ypph:

I took a video and posted it last year of a 747 taking off. I was about 10 feet from the runway edge, about 200' shy of where she rotated. You can imagine there was a slight breeze. I was knocked about 20 feet back, rolling ass over tit. I was more sandblasted than bumped or scraped.

Heres the vid link:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... &plindex=4

LostinRotation · Post by **LostinRotation** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:30 am

Kinda reminds me of this scene

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59dn8tGGiO0

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