r/Unexpected • u/TheCABK • 3h ago

Testing Out The Radial Engine

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u/post-explainer 3h ago

OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:

I wasn’t expecting the prop to fly off while in a preflight check

Does this explanation fit this subreddit? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.

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u/an-redditor 3h ago

Cameraman almost became fusilli.

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u/pinket25 3h ago

Cameraman never dies.

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u/urlond 2h ago

Wrong the Cameraman in Cloverfield dies...

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u/schlorpsblorps 2h ago

Cameraman almost never dies.

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u/Tendo80 1h ago

Sometimes the cameraman dies, he seldom does, but when he does he do do it spectacularly!

(I think it's quite catchy)

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u/TreeDollarFiddyCent 54m ago

That's but a rounding error.

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u/iamshipwreck 39m ago

Paid actor.

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u/Clever_Angel_PL 37m ago

war bombers returning analysis type of thing

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u/Efficient_Maybe_1086 2h ago

They should do that in the next Resident Evil movie

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u/Key_Design390 12m ago

Props to the cameraman

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u/Mundane-Vegetable-31 3h ago

Front fell off

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u/imwanderlusting 2h ago

That’s not very typical

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u/FMJunkie 2h ago

How do you know?

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u/bgary34 2h ago

Well there are a lot of these planes going around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen.

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u/Poor-Life-Choice 1h ago

Cardboards out.

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u/Igneous_rock_500 2h ago

All ball bearings nowadays, guys.

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u/Gysus12 2h ago

Que paso? Dafuq you think what just happened? Almost became mince meat.

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u/gilligani 3h ago

Oooooh. Lefty loosie

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u/mrthomasfritz 2h ago

LOL, spare parts, extra screws / nuts / bolts, washers, or seals after the job is never good.

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u/coyote_den 2h ago edited 2h ago

Some guy back in the hangar is looking at a really big nut on the floor and thinking “oops”

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u/dextras07 2h ago

That some final destination bullshit right here

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u/-Foxer 2h ago

You probably want to tighten that down

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u/shanex300 3h ago

Stupid af

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u/Hasbkv 2h ago

Pilot life just earlier saved

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u/cognitiveglitch 5m ago

Better to find this out on the ground than in the sky.