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HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31201 posts, RR: 58
Posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 1518 times:

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What material are these Inlet plugs of & How are they attached.
regds
MEL

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N231YE From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 1512 times:

Considering that the aircraft is a static display, my guess is that the covers are permanent/semi-permanently attached to the engine. I have seen these covers on museum-housed aircraft before, but I am not sure of their composition.

Some sort of plastic/polycarbonate?

BAe146QT From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2006, 996 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 1505 times:

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Note the clear coverings to protect the engine internals and fans.

Definitely polycarbonate or some sort of acrylic.

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HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31201 posts, RR: 58
Reply 3, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 1505 times:

Quoting N231YE (Reply 1):
my guess is that the covers are permanent/semi-permanently attached to the engine

The brackets on the ends seem fixed to the Engine Inlet inside.
So these are Permanent/Long term storage plugs.

regds
MEL

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BAe146QT From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2006, 996 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 1499 times:

Quoting HAWK21M:
So these are Permanent/Long term storage plugs.

I'd say so. Have a look at this picture;

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0956489/M/

I'd say that bird isn't ever going anywhere again. It's the Qantas Founder's Museum, apparently.

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Troubleshooter From Germany, joined Feb 2005, 423 posts, RR: 5
Reply 5, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 1468 times:

You´ll find this type of "cover" very often when there is actually no engine installed! I would guess this could be the case here. Note the painted "fan blades" on the cover...

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N231YE From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 6, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 1458 times:

Quoting Troubleshooter (Reply 5):
You´ll find this type of "cover" very often when there is actually no engine installed! I would guess this could be the case here. Note the painted "fan blades" on the cover...

That is true, however...

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Close up of VH-EBQ's number 3 engine apparently still in working order.

HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31201 posts, RR: 58
Reply 7, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 1412 times:

Any Instance of usage of Transparent Plugs for normal Layover FOD protection.
regds
MEL

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SkydrolBoy From Canada, joined Sep 2003, 341 posts, RR: 2
Reply 8, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 1375 times:

Quoting HAWK21M (Reply 7):
Any Instance of usage of Transparent Plugs for normal Layover FOD protection.

I doubt it, all plugs I have seen used for FOD protection on serviceable a/c are painted bright red or orange. Somehow I think that if they were transparent we would be reading a story about someone forgetting to remove them.

N231YE From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 9, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 1351 times:

Quoting SkydrolBoy (Reply 8):
I doubt it, all plugs I have seen used for FOD protection on serviceable a/c are painted bright red or orange. Somehow I think that if they were transparent we would be reading a story about someone forgetting to remove them.

Good point, I never thought of that...

HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31201 posts, RR: 58
Reply 10, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 1327 times:

Quoting SkydrolBoy (Reply 8):
Somehow I think that if they were transparent we would be reading a story about someone forgetting to remove them.

True.
Out here We use the Bright Yellow Cap type plugs for the B737s Inlet & Exhaust & The Tarpaulin type for the B757 Inlets.
regds
MEL

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L-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 29350 posts, RR: 62
Reply 11, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 11 hours ago) and read 1289 times:

I think you are correct.

Engines are worth money, no point in giving them to a museum.

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FredT From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2002, 2184 posts, RR: 26
Reply 12, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 2 hours ago) and read 1264 times:

To get that out of the discussion once for all: Those are transparent covers. No painted fan blades, and actual fan blades behind the covers.

Shouldn't be too difficult finding engines of that type which are at the end of their service life.

Rgds,
/Fred

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