View Full Version : Estonian engine flames during taxi
lospilotos
23rd Feb 2011, 09:07
What is your take on this video? YouTube - VIDEO0047.3gp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bJzJ5vs1gI)
Recorded during taxi in after Estonian Air aborted take-off a few days ago.
lomapaseo
23rd Feb 2011, 13:05
Time to shut down the engine using normal procedures.
Once an engine goes tits up for any reason (doesn't respond to throttle) leaving the fuel on produces more flame in the taipipe then thrust. While of only minor concern to safety it does excite the SLF and ground observers
No doubt the EGT was fully pegged when the pic was taken
engineers prolly left vodka bottle after overnite MX...long Baltic winter nites
Did that all happen before or after it hurtled, plunged, dived, and everybody thought they were going to die????
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lospilotos
24th Feb 2011, 06:06
So, basically a tailpipe fire after the previous shutdown for whatever other reason?
lomapaseo
24th Feb 2011, 13:09
So, basically a tailpipe fire after the previous shutdown for whatever other reason?
The tailpipe fire was probably there because the engine was not shut down (noted that the flames seem to be blowing out the back by a running engine)