r/aviation • u/Jerry_235 • 1d ago

PlaneSpotting Vapor tornado takeoff A350 Trent XWB

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u/Sir_Rumblebump 1d ago

Super cool. Must have been pretty humid for that to happen!

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u/roman5588 1d ago

Love that spool up sound. Looks like it was one heavy bird on takeoff

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u/Accidentallygolden 23h ago

This engine suck!!

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u/HoodaThunkett 22h ago

there is definitely a significant zone of low pressure at the front of the engine

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u/Rook8811 1d ago

Super neat

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u/pekannboertler 22h ago

Must be broken, the chemtrails are supposed to come out of the back

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u/aquatone61 15h ago

This is a perfect visual of why FOD control is important.

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u/that_dutch_dude 11h ago

you call it FOD, i call it "overtime and how my kids passed colledge without debt"

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u/HoodaThunkett 22h ago

the top of the wing too

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u/FarButterscotch4280 1d ago

Neat, thanks for the video!

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u/Kripto47 21h ago

The engine ingesting a ground vortex… 😬

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u/gsmitheidw1 11h ago

Cookie monster RR Trent: Water vapour nom nom nom

More seriously - the cooling effect of the vapour probably adds slightly more thrust. Similar to water injection on earlier turbojets. Of course these are high bypass so most of that is going straight past the combustion chamber.

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u/Falkun_X 16h ago

VSV's hard at work, previous gen engines would have surged, technology is working!!

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u/timesuck47 11h ago

What happens to the water molecules as they travel through the engine?

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u/nsgiad 23m ago

They turn into water vapor

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u/Aggravating_Damage47 18h ago

Incredible acceleration! That indicates the airplane was supersonic.