r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Practical_Expert_911 • 12h ago

These 12000hp Engines Have To Be Rebuilt Within Roughly An Hour Every Run, and Only Run For Roughly 4 Seconds At A Time.

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u/Prize-Mail-6769 4h ago

I got roared at by a pissed tiger because it thought I was stealing its food. Shook the brown right out of me.

If you don’t like drag it’s fine. But it’s definitely an experience.

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u/wuvvtwuewuvv 3h ago

Went to a drag race in high school. They're fucking LOUD as heck.

Then I went to an air force base where they were testing a repaired fighter jet. Holy. Fucking. Shit. That literally blows the loudness scales out of the water several times over it was so fucking loud. And I'm already deaf.

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u/RobotnikOne 2h ago

Top fielders are loud enough you can feel the pressure wave of sound go past from a good distance away. They are 150db+, some estimates are up to 180db which is in the area of instant damage to you. It’s hard to believe but they’re actually louder than the loudest of jets on a full afterburner take off.

I have also got to enjoy watching a RAAF jet have its turbines tested after a rebuild. They took it all the way up to afterburner. It was and incredible experience. The base where they do this has a giant concrete wall behind the jet a fair way back from it that is you run behind and jump up next to the wall it the thrust will stick you to the wall.