Does the left side of a compressor map ACTUALLY matter?

Fueled by Caffeine wrote:

DILYSI Dave wrote:

Fueled by Caffeine wrote: PRODUCTION Compressor and Turbine covers will not fail due to high pressure, full stop. They are tested to contain over speed blade out conditions that result in very violent disintegration of the comp or turbine wheels.

Edited - Race housings OTOH that are designed for weight savings and not containment look like a bomb went off inside them though.

never worked with race housings.. but have worked with turbo's with 2Kg compressor wheels. Cast Iron compressor cover it is. If a race housing couldn't contain the wheel that would mean the wheel itself would breach the outside of the cover. That's a pretty scary situation... Like throwing a disc in a Jet engine.

Yeah, it is scary. The housings end up looking like some of those Humvee-meets-IED pictures.

like that?

I don't like sitting near engines, now that I know how they are repaired and the problems with turbine disk failures...

Fueled by Caffeine wrote: like that? I don't like sitting near engines, now that I know how they are repaired and the problems with turbine disk failures...

... now opening travel profile and looking for "nowhere near the engine" in the seating preference list ...

Pretty much.

EDIT - That's why I only fly on Steam Powered Aeroplanes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN0iOkMNZqQ