Will the sidewalls of commercial aircraft have to be specially armored against flying fan blades if unducted fan engines become more common?
Because a bird strike quickly becomes a blade strike of the fuselage because of the fan blades flying off due to the resulting imbalance
Vermutlich ergibt es aus gewichtstechnischen Gründen mehr Sinn, die Verkleidung der Triebwerke stabiler zu gestalten und zuvor Risiken abzuwägen.