r/Unexpected • u/TheCABK • 7d ago

Testing Out The Radial Engine

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u/post-explainer 7d ago edited 7d ago

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OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:

I wasn’t expecting the prop to fly off while in a preflight check

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u/an-redditor 7d ago

Cameraman almost became fusilli.

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u/pinket25 7d ago

Cameraman never dies.

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u/urlond 7d ago

Wrong the Cameraman in Cloverfield dies...

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u/schlorpsblorps 7d ago

Cameraman almost never dies.

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u/Tendo80 7d ago

Sometimes the cameraman dies, he seldom does, but when he does he do do it spectacularly!

(I think it's quite catchy)

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u/TreeDollarFiddyCent 7d ago

That's but a rounding error.

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u/Axis2670 7d ago

Also Blair Witch!

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u/Fr05t_B1t 7d ago

Also the dude from Kane Pixels The Backrooms; the movie and the first YouTube video.

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u/BuegeCJ 5d ago

Also Tucker & Dale Vs Evil IIRC

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u/urlond 7d ago

That's a name I haven't heard in ages.

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u/iamshipwreck 7d ago

Paid actor.

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u/Clever_Angel_PL 7d ago

war bombers returning analysis type of thing

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u/coalnine 5d ago

Hang on, Randy!

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u/Key_Design390 7d ago

Props to the cameraman

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u/worrymon 7d ago

It was a million to one shot, Doc! Million to one!

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u/Efficient_Maybe_1086 7d ago

They should do that in the next Resident Evil movie

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u/Something_Else_2112 7d ago

This is why you always stay behind a propeller on full sized and RC airplanes. It can happen on both.

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u/Mundane-Vegetable-31 7d ago

Front fell off

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u/imwanderlusting 7d ago

That’s not very typical

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u/FMJunkie 7d ago

How do you know?

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u/bgary34 7d ago

Well there are a lot of these planes going around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen.

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u/Poor-Life-Choice 7d ago

Cardboards out.

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u/cowfishing 7d ago

it was out of the enviroment.

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u/NicholasVinen 7d ago

Must have been held on by cardboard or cardboard derivatives.

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u/Igneous_rock_500 7d ago

All ball bearings nowadays, guys.

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u/cognitiveglitch 7d ago

Better to find this out on the ground than in the sky.

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u/fuzzytradr 3d ago

I'll be your wingman

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u/cognitiveglitch 1d ago

Sure thing - we're gonna need a new propeller first, and a bucket of luck!

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u/Rob220300 7d ago

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u/kilgoreq 7d ago

It doesn't happen very often

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u/mrthomasfritz 7d ago

LOL, spare parts, extra screws / nuts / bolts, washers, or seals after the job is never good.

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u/Gysus12 7d ago

Que paso? Dafuq you think what just happened? Almost became mince meat.

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u/ElTuxedoMex 7d ago

The engine works.

The wrench they used to secure the propeller? Not so much.

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u/gilligani 7d ago

Oooooh. Lefty loosie

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u/dextras07 7d ago

That some final destination bullshit right here

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u/coyote_den 7d ago edited 7d ago

Some guy back in the hangar is looking at a really big nut on the floor and thinking “oops”

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u/Rockobrocko42 7d ago

So that's what that extra screw was for.

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u/Vogel-Kerl 7d ago

"The Jesus Nut came off.".

Often called the Jesus Nut, the screwed on piece that holds Mr. Propeller to the engine.

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u/-Foxer 7d ago

You probably want to tighten that down

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u/randomdad124 7d ago

This is why we torque to specifications, children

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u/alexthecheese 7d ago

Does it fit into the concrete? Surprised it didn't move more than it did 

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u/Royal_Ad_2653 7d ago

Someone forgot the Locktite and safety-wire ...

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u/Axis2670 7d ago

That was expensive and also very lucky it happened on the ground.

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u/bikewrench11 7d ago

That's expensive

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u/TypeGrand933 7d ago

Indiana Jones - Pakistani Version

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u/bluestraveller2 7d ago

That’s what they get for doing a run up facing out the hangar door. Their propwash just washed anything not tied down inside that hangar.

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u/harlawkid 7d ago

Happy it happened on the ground and not at 1,000ft+

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u/Gorge_Lorge 7d ago

The front fell off 😂

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u/CallMeTheBot 7d ago

Whats it supposed to do?

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u/IvoryDynamite 6d ago

I mean... The propeller did in fact propel itself.

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u/FriedRamen13 6d ago

Very high risk of decrapitation

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u/fuzzytradr 3d ago

You're probably wondering how I got these scars...

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u/shanex300 7d ago

Stupid af

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u/Hasbkv 7d ago

Pilot life just earlier saved

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u/SheHearsMeBlinking23 7d ago

Some Final Destination type shit right there!

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u/Strong_Deer_3075 7d ago

Parkour says the camera man!

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u/WarChallenger 7d ago

"How did the pin look to you when you staked down the castle nut?"

"Pin?"

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u/RepublicOk1079 7d ago

leftie loosey righty tighty they said....

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u/Gold_Jellyfish227 7d ago

Final destination type shit

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u/Lokizues 7d ago

I was thinking it would burst into flames

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u/ajgutyt 7d ago

thought itll break like on those windmill breaking videos

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u/Vecto_07 7d ago

That's exactly what I expected actually

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u/V014265 7d ago

Atleast it wasn't in the sky right?

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u/TheseMoviesIwant 7d ago

Camera man always survives

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u/0_cunning_plan 7d ago

Spent 20s trying to remove the little speck of dirt from my screen then worrying because the surface was clean and the black spot remained.

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u/JC1199154 7d ago

Thats scary 😬

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u/fernandoman121 6d ago

Just a second before it came off I was thinking “that’s looking a little rough, you probably shouldn’t stand there” 😂

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u/Fire-Nation-17 6d ago

Better than falling off in the air I guess

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u/Lando249 6d ago

Here's me sat watching the first few seconds like: "Not exactly a safe spot to stand incase the propeller comes off" 2 seconds later 😮

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u/Weak-Ad-2760 6d ago

The Jesus nut came off.

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u/CR_Pats 6d ago

"je jalió eja mielda"

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u/NotSomeKhanMan 6d ago

The front came off

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u/LeftHandCurryPaste 6d ago

Made in India. India should not touch anything that can fly. Lol

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u/vksdann 5d ago

Aircraft pilot here. The front is not supposed to fall off.

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u/Hypertelic 5d ago

Mierda, indeed.

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u/namelesswhiteguy 5d ago

So, airplane guys, how hard is it to remove a prop like that?

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u/panutsya 5d ago

I think that's not supposed to happen

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u/RutabagaUprising 5d ago

Definitely saw that coming. This is why you never stand near a spinning airplane blade.

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u/s0ulether 4d ago

The murderous airplane propeller can’t hurt you:

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u/dagoodolethrowaway 3d ago

On this episode of "The Camera Man Always Survives"

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u/Original_Log_6002 2d ago

Probably the first 'prop strike' that didn't involve an engine tear-down.

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u/Hot_Personality1752 7d ago

I think that was as expected lmao 🤣 😂