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stackghostyesterday at 5:21 AM1 replyview on HN

Gravel will happily fuck up a prop just as much as a turbine; it's more about ground clearance. The engines on modern airliners are quite low to the ground, which is why they tend to ingest gravel kicked up by the nose gear.


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CGMthrowawayyesterday at 3:15 PM

What's the ground clearance of a flying piece of gravel! (in a gust of wind for example)

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