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    Re: You're Doing It Wrong Video: How Not To Fire Up a Refurbished Turbine

    I was wondering around that area of YouTube the other day, after checking out the Dodge Caravan thread...

    Here's another good one. :D

    This is why you need to have a jet engine in a hardened test cell for primary testing.This is a minor failure compared to some I have seen, but most modern t...


    Pay attention around :47.
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      Re: You're Doing It Wrong Video: How Not To Fire Up a Refurbished Turbine

      Yeah, a turbine seal break in should be done prior to hanging on the wing on a test cell, I have seen gobs and gobs of smoke but never flames like that. If the compressor was refurbed as well there will be some flames and spark as the blades cut their seats...fun stuff!
      If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower. - Mark Donohue

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      • #4
        Re: You're Doing It Wrong Video: How Not To Fire Up a Refurbished Turbine

        Thats actually a Norwegian plane..Braathen..They where bought by SAS some years ago.

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        • #5
          Re: You're Doing It Wrong Video: How Not To Fire Up a Refurbished Turbine

          Yeeeeeeeee Hawwwwwwwww! Kick the tires and light the fires!

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