[Ichthypresbyter]

Why would a flock of birds large enough to be ingested by both engines of a two-engined plane not also be large enough to be ingested by all four engines of a four-engined plane?

[Waterluvian]

Good point. We should be discussing eight-engine planes.

[FridayoLeary]

Like the b 52 bomber. I always liked them. We could convert them for passenger flights. Airlines could develop luggage pods that hang from the wings and the planes support mid air refuelling so that could help with turnarounds. They also have tail guns for even more safety. Also huge bay doors which will make getting on and off the plane much faster.

[mikeyouse]

This is where some of the E-Plane concepts really shine. Let's see a flock of birds take out every engine on this NASA demonstrator:

https://sacd.larc.nasa.gov/asab/asab-projects-2/x57maxwell/

[ivan_gammel]

We should be discussing no-engine planes, since they are obviously safer in such situations.

[gardenhedge]

What's with these comments

[Integrape]

¿Por qué no los ocho?

[moralestapia]

>Why don’t all four tires on a car blow out at the same time?

[Ichthypresbyter]

They do if you drive over a stinger (or perhaps a sufficiently large number of nails or other sharp objects).

[bregma]

The kid would have to have a pretty large glass milk bottle hidden under his coat for that to happen.