Kyle3309TX
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With all of the media hype of bird strikes lately, why hasn't the engine manufactuers begun to install a fence or grid across the engine to prevent birg ingestion? Just a thought....
Kyle
Kyle
Just a question...
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tlewis95
I drive planes
It would probably just turn the bird into a mush of feathers and blood, probably making the problem worse.
Also, when the bird hits the engine (imagine 10lbs hitting something at 250kts) where do you think the "fence" is going to go after it is taken out by the bird?
PGT
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The bird would most likely take the 'grid' into the engine.
fly6785
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Do they even have such a device like that??? That seems like a difficult task. I would think it would interfere to much with the engine itself... But i'm not a jet mechanic or anything, I just fly the thing...
PlaneCrazy
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Maybe they can put some of those plastic owl's on the wings or something to scare the birds away. 
unclenobby
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I've heard birds are complaining about "plane strikes". Their proposal is to ground all planes but land based animals are fighting back against this for obvious reasons.
TFaudree_ERAU
Mashin' dem buttons
Just make those PT probes serve a dual purpose; data collection, and deer whistlers.
jwp_145
GhostRider in the Sky
I asked this question a few years back to my professor in a Turbine Ops class... he said that the drag penalty and the airflow disruption would be too great a penalty for it to be a good idea.
However, the T37 Tweet has screens that move over the engine inlets when the landing gears are down, due to the low proximity of the engine inlets to the ground. But they are only there during times when the gear is down.
Murdoughnut
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Could also prevent ingestion of rampers as well.
R
Roger, Roger
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Some turboprops (PT6 comes to mind) do this.
PlaneCrazy
Well-Known Member
Maybe install some of those big bull horns on the nose of the aircraft...Then when they hit a bird they can claim that there just out hunting.
DPApilot
GUYSH! GUYSH! GUYSH!
Maybe they can put some of those plastic owl's on the wings or something to scare the birds away.
No, those will attract owls, maybe they could put in those geese in that scare other geese?
cause geese brought AWE1549 down, dont'cha know?
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Fake Coyote!
CN94559
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Maybe they can put some of those plastic owl's on the wings or something to scare the birds away.
No, those will attract owls, maybe they could put in those geese in that scare other geese?
cause geese brought AWE1549 down, dont'cha know?
BETTER IDEA!
Fake Coyote!
:yup::yup::yup:
:yup::yup:Maybe they can put some of those plastic owl's on the wings or something to scare the birds away.
I would think that the fencing material would cause to much drag to be beneficial to any operation.