King Air vs. Rudolph
12-16-2003, 10:40 PM
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RE: King Air vs. Rudolph
that's pretty gruesome, but it's kind of funny anyway because i don't think i have ever seen a rabbit get capped by a prop before. note, your plane has a ministry of health sticker on the side of it. how did you manage to accidentally run into a rabbit to slice in half?
12-17-2003, 06:40 PM
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RE: King Air vs. Rudolph
i was wondering. at first look in the small picture, it really looked like a rabbit. later, i "clicked for full size" and saw hooves. in the small picture, it didn't look like a full scale plane either. it looked like a very well built model.
12-17-2003, 10:50 PM
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RE: King Air vs. Rudolph
what did it hit anyway that sliced it in half that way? nose Leading edge or what? while it would have been a lot more expensive, for amusement purposes it could have at least gotten sucked into the intake of the turboprop.
12-18-2003, 03:03 AM
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RE: King Air vs. Rudolph
at least two of the prop blades are very damaged. see how they have the pronounced curve at the tips. way out of wack. most likely all 4 are unserviceable. hits like that make miniscule fractures in the blades. maybe hub bad too?? I feel bad for that deer though.
12-18-2003, 10:20 AM
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RE: King Air vs. Rudolph
Well they left off the part about who got the deer! The pilot or the guy who had to clean the blood off the plane?
Bet it tasted pretty good because it was drained of most of its blood.
Mmmmmm runway kill.
Bet it tasted pretty good because it was drained of most of its blood. Mmmmmm runway kill.
12-18-2003, 04:03 PM
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RE: King Air vs. Rudolph
shoestringracer is correct. Two blades appear to be bent. I believe that most King Air's have carbon blades with Titanium spars. When one of these blades get's hit it's hard to detect cracks/deffects. Not to mention the hub and more so the drive system. You have a heavy turbine spinning really fast driving a prop relatively slow. A sudden stop calls for all kinds of inspection and overhaul. deltatech
12-18-2003, 05:15 PM
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RE: King Air vs. Rudolph
DeltaTech,
Not sure on the prop blade construction. Only TP I have worked on were TurboCommanders, which had aluminum blades. However, on this particular King Air the engines are PT6's. I can tell by the aft swept exhaust tubes. Therefore, this engine employs what is called a "free turbine". A "free turbine" is not mechanically connected to the gas generator, but rather placed in the exhaust stream of the gas generator, or power turbine. So what I'm trying to say is it would be possible to start a PT6 and hold the propellor motionless if you had enough ***** and big pelotas!! Therefore I dont know what the inspection criteria would be. But I doubt it would be considered a stoppage. I can definately say it will get a new prop and hub assembly (overhauled), and at a minimum a runout check on the shaft. Lets just hope they were close to hot section or overhaul on that engine!!! Insurance claim irregardless!! You work for Delta? If so let me know in what capacity, I got ties there!
Not sure on the prop blade construction. Only TP I have worked on were TurboCommanders, which had aluminum blades. However, on this particular King Air the engines are PT6's. I can tell by the aft swept exhaust tubes. Therefore, this engine employs what is called a "free turbine". A "free turbine" is not mechanically connected to the gas generator, but rather placed in the exhaust stream of the gas generator, or power turbine. So what I'm trying to say is it would be possible to start a PT6 and hold the propellor motionless if you had enough ***** and big pelotas!! Therefore I dont know what the inspection criteria would be. But I doubt it would be considered a stoppage. I can definately say it will get a new prop and hub assembly (overhauled), and at a minimum a runout check on the shaft. Lets just hope they were close to hot section or overhaul on that engine!!! Insurance claim irregardless!! You work for Delta? If so let me know in what capacity, I got ties there!
12-18-2003, 10:34 PM
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RE: King Air vs. Rudolph
All the King Airs that I flew had aluminum props on the PT-6's. Now the Cheyenne 400LS has composite blades, but Garrett engines. Larger air-carrier versions of the PT-6 (What's on the Brasilia, Dash 8's etc.) have composite blades. That deer was definitely wiped out by the right prop, and vice-versa. Looks like it did a nice job cleaning the animal, but sure soiled the plane...
