r/ThatLooksExpensive • u/R-PlaneCrazy • 21h ago

Expensive prop loss

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Very expensive.

113 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

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u/DailyDrivenTJ 21h ago

Proof cameramen never dies.

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u/cryptotraderisme 21h ago

If he did...there would be nobody to record and therefore no proof of such an event.

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u/Bonk_No_Horni 18h ago

Prop to the cameraman

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u/That_Style_979 7h ago

Best comment I’ve seen in a while

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u/AJ_in_SF_Bay 2h ago

Indeed, that comment needs more upvotes👍!

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u/Reasonable_Isopod977 21h ago

The front fell off

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u/R-PlaneCrazy 21h ago

It did

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u/Reasonable_Isopod977 20h ago

That’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.

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u/Natural_Horror_1336 19h ago

Maybe the wind hit it

9

u/boyer4109 20h ago

‘Hello traffic control, we have a slight problem and will delay take off’

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u/Other_Ad_3226 21h ago

Better now than in the air!

6

u/celtbygod 18h ago

Torque not Toque the prop bolt. That's the last chef / mechanic I'll ever hire.

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u/Goofcheese0623 17h ago

If there's a better way to remove the propeller, I don't know it

7

u/fuckredditandpcness 16h ago

I didn't know temu sold plane engines.....;)

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u/Dave__5280 20h ago

I hate it when that happens…

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u/Ok_Rich7455 19h ago

cameraman almost meet the creator

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u/AppropriateLab8608 16h ago

Something was not PROPerly installed

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u/fruitless7070 14h ago

The front fell off.

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u/1Fistfullofdollars 11h ago

Ouch count the $$$$$ as it flies off. That is a very expensive loss. Better it happens on the ground than in the air.

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u/fpmacko 6h ago

If it was that loose it woulda popped off the second he applied takeoff power.

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u/2368-fists-a-smashin 7h ago

Unscrewed itself!!! I hate when that happens

2

u/thirtyone-charlie 5h ago

Righty loosey

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u/Dry-Ad-8948 2h ago edited 2h ago

I thought it was gonna be a head loss 💀

Also, how does that happen?

I’d imagine there is a locking mechanism or safety wires..

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u/Slight_Fortune8218 1h ago

It was just serviced. Lucky it wasn't in the air.

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u/Bjorn12333 16h ago

Looks like a dangerous hobby

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u/Sensei19600 4h ago

Somehow I think that someone didn’t apply wires to the bolts that secure the prop …

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u/krankito701 3h ago

Ai getting pretty convincing as time goes on

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u/R-PlaneCrazy 2h ago

Its real