Did they have to jump-start that CRJ-200 I was on last week ?

[Garak]

Originally Posted by Astro14
For power plant turbine failures, you should ask Shannow. He posted some pictures up a few years ago. Several tons of high-RPM mass can create spectacular damage. I'm reticent to even discuss it because he's the expert and that last thread was an epic BITOG devolution/spiral into pointless argument as Shannow and I tried to teach physics...

Thanks for the reminder; I couldn't resist and had to click back to "relive" it.

 

[antonmnster]

I learned so much in this thread. There's a lot more going on than my dad's 172!

 

[nthach]

I knew there was a sequence to spin up a commercial jet engine - but the process to start one on a newer twin-jet like a 777/787 or A350 is more automated or does the FO has to move the start switch into AUTO and monitor the EICAS/EICAM for anything abnormal?

I've never seen an engine torch. One day when I fly international on a plane that's been sitting for a while.