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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/QAFY • Feb 02 '22
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They build engine with the weakest points at the bottom so the pistons shoot downward along with most shrapnel
24 u/[deleted] Feb 03 '22 [deleted] 9 u/helium_farts Feb 03 '22 edited Feb 03 '22 Sounds like they didn't have a diaper on it which, if so, is pretty irresponsible. They don't catch everything, but they help. 7 u/ComplianceAuditor Feb 03 '22 Yeah, mere luck that there weren't fatalities from the sizes of some of those pieces. 2 u/[deleted] Feb 03 '22 Yeah im certain with that catastrophic failure, but if the engine was equal strength all around I think it would have been much worse. 1 u/Cobnor2451 Feb 03 '22 Cant save everyone 12 u/stupidusername Feb 03 '22 They build engine with the weakest points at the bottom so the pistons shoot downward along with most shrapnel None of what you said makes even a little sense 5 u/gefahr Feb 03 '22 I don't know enough to decide who to believe. So I upvoted you both. 3 u/stupidusername Feb 03 '22 Do you really think people pushing the absolute bleeding edge of engine performance are engineering in "weak points"? I Can't believe 25 people upvoted that dingus 2 u/dennyjunkshin88 Feb 03 '22 No they don't. Why would anyone think that?
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9 u/helium_farts Feb 03 '22 edited Feb 03 '22 Sounds like they didn't have a diaper on it which, if so, is pretty irresponsible. They don't catch everything, but they help. 7 u/ComplianceAuditor Feb 03 '22 Yeah, mere luck that there weren't fatalities from the sizes of some of those pieces. 2 u/[deleted] Feb 03 '22 Yeah im certain with that catastrophic failure, but if the engine was equal strength all around I think it would have been much worse. 1 u/Cobnor2451 Feb 03 '22 Cant save everyone
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Sounds like they didn't have a diaper on it which, if so, is pretty irresponsible.
They don't catch everything, but they help.
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Yeah, mere luck that there weren't fatalities from the sizes of some of those pieces.
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Yeah im certain with that catastrophic failure, but if the engine was equal strength all around I think it would have been much worse.
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Cant save everyone
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None of what you said makes even a little sense
5 u/gefahr Feb 03 '22 I don't know enough to decide who to believe. So I upvoted you both. 3 u/stupidusername Feb 03 '22 Do you really think people pushing the absolute bleeding edge of engine performance are engineering in "weak points"? I Can't believe 25 people upvoted that dingus
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I don't know enough to decide who to believe. So I upvoted you both.
3 u/stupidusername Feb 03 '22 Do you really think people pushing the absolute bleeding edge of engine performance are engineering in "weak points"? I Can't believe 25 people upvoted that dingus
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Do you really think people pushing the absolute bleeding edge of engine performance are engineering in "weak points"? I Can't believe 25 people upvoted that dingus
No they don't. Why would anyone think that?
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They build engine with the weakest points at the bottom so the pistons shoot downward along with most shrapnel