The skin of that cowling doesn’t look thick enough to do more than streamlining. You’re thinking of the containment ring found in jet engines.
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Gork@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Isn’t… the cowling supposed to prevent that sort of thing from occurring?
brianorca@lemmy.world 2 years ago
HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Nope - contain blades on jets yes but the cowling isn’t going to stop a solid metal chunk that the head didn’t stop.
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 2 years ago
On jet engines the cowling/housing is suppose to contain the blade shrapnel.
On a piston engine, as seen in the picture, the cylinder is never suppose to become detached from the engine block. There are a few ways a cylinder can detach, but most likely is lack of maintenance.