Originally Posted by
porcia83
Well.... youre comparing the whole contents of the engine disintegrating with a drone , not tge same thing. I'll defer to the mechanics here but I think a drone might do less damage or the damage would be contained better. I don't think anyone has ever said that a drone would cause no damage being ingested into an engine
I doubt the damage would be better contained since, for that engine to explode the way it did, throwing shards of metal through the outer casing, all it probably took is one blade to fail for the engine to unbalance. Once the engine is unbalanced, nothing is going to save it, especially at 100% N2, for the compressor blades or 100% N1 for the front fan as needed for a take off run and climb out. If the plane was at cruising speed or slowing down for landing, the outer casing MIGHT contain the explosion but, as shown by the A-380 engine failure, it might not