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[–] Skymt@lemmy.world 76 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

When becoming aroused, the plane exposes its clitorotoris. This is natural and nothing to be ashamed of.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 25 points 3 weeks ago

Wrong answers only

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 74 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

When a plane loses power this lowers into the airstream to make brrrrrrrrrr sounds to keep the illusion of engines.

Edit: I feel I should expand on this. Like a hockey card in your bmx spokes.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 60 points 3 weeks ago

Runs the margarita blender in the cockpit.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 55 points 3 weeks ago

You see, when two airplanes love each other very much...

[–] I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 48 points 3 weeks ago

In the event of a water landing, this'll taxi the plane to your destination.

[–] tal 48 points 3 weeks ago

When an aircraft loses engine power, this automatically pops out. As in this scenario, not all instruments are powered and one has only one shot at landing, this is to assist in the expected imminent landing; it operates something like a curb feeler on a car. When you hear the propeller impacting the runway, you know that you're probably too low.

[–] Asweet@lemmy.ca 43 points 3 weeks ago

That’s the built in leaf blower to make sure that the runway is clear for autumn landings. Most airports have their own de-leafing crews, but not all of them.

They were mandated to be installed after a string of landing crashes in the 90s got people making “fall” jokes too often, which upset the FAA.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 25 points 3 weeks ago

Its a baby plane being born! They come out propeller first

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 25 points 3 weeks ago

If the pilot flies low enough, this will serve as a ground troop slice-n-dice. Advantages over conventional hardware include:

  1. Unlimited ammo
  2. A mfuckin sword
  3. See #2
  4. Long range (compared to a normal sword)
  5. Phallic

In recent news, Ukrainians are exploring ways to strap C4 to it.

[–] finickydesert@lemmy.ml 25 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Should've added the NSFW tag on this, I was on an air field and every airplane in the area had there's pop out…. Lots of fluids everywhere.

[–] FleetingTit@feddit.org 25 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

These deploy in case of total engine failure to provide enough thrust to get the aircraft to the next airport.

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 23 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] gjoel@programming.dev 7 points 3 weeks ago

You're the closest to the truth. It's actually a booster propeller for when the plane needs to go super sonic.

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[–] Hupf@feddit.org 22 points 3 weeks ago

It's for pedaling when you run out of fuel.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago

This fan is for when the outside of the plane is hot.

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 20 points 3 weeks ago

It's one of these but for planes.

[–] Futurama@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago

It's an emergency propeller, when the main engines lose power.

It's also the reason I never sit in the emergency exit row. The reason they give you extra legroom is so passengers can use the pedals that pop up from the floor when the masks are dropped. When they ask if you're willing and able to help on an emergency, this is actually the most common thing you'll have to help out with.

Everytime I've been in a crashing airplane, I just lean back a few degrees and laugh at those poor suckers who traded for a couple inches of extra legroom and now have the responsibility of saving the rest of us.

[–] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 weeks ago

Plane is boat

[–] ShortFuse@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

This actually propels the plane.

The turbine engines are there to look big and make noise to have the passengers feel safe. Big turbines also allow airlines to charge extra, and generate bigger profits. CO2 emissions are also intentionally raised to justify higher pricing.

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[–] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

Backup for a stuck rudder.

There's one on each side of the plane, of course, but it's for redundancy only, as the Auxiliary Steering System can be used in forward or reverse, allowing one unit to rotate the plane to both port and starboard.

[–] lady_maria@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

The incoming bird sensor first senses any incoming birds; then, its cushioned robotic hand (think an oversized Mickey Mouse hand) gently smacks them out of the way of the plane's path.

[–] supercriticalcheese@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly why they tell you the seats work as floatation devices

[–] uservoid1@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

It act like the small training wheels in bikes. New pilots struggling with those big noisy engines put this small training propeller and feel confident.

[–] quinkin@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

You know when your balls get sweaty and stick to your thigh? So do planes.

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's the siren to bring terror into the heart of the enemy when dive bombing

[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

An electric generator to power the main turbines.

[–] Laborer3652@reddthat.com 7 points 3 weeks ago

No way stupid it makes the plane go faster OBVIOUSLY

[–] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

As the aircraft moves through the air, this turbine harvests some of the relative difference in airspeed to convert it to energy that is then used to jam the radio frequencies of all the drone birds in the area that would otherwise disrupt the comms between the pilots and the controllers.

[–] ik5pvx@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

Air brake. The fan rotates very fast but pushes air forward

It's the original onlyfans.

[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

It's a tactical windmill that can be deloyed to cause cancer in the overflown area. And kill ~~birds~~ drones.

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[–] Sequentialsilence@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

It’s the reverse fan to slow the plane down.

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 10 points 3 weeks ago

That’s the can opener for the inflight bean service

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Did you not know that planes have pee pees

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[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's how the male plane shows that it's looking for an airbus(ty) female mate.

[–] Tabula_stercore@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

( David Attenborough voice) After the passenger jet has migrated to its fertility grounds it is ready to give birth. Unlike human babys, the passenger jet leaves the mother sideways. This way it can gather some draft before its heavy seat area touches the air. At this point, The mother needs to hover near enough to the Earth's surface not to endanger the newborn fall, as it's propellers are far from fully developed and can't sustain proper flight yet.

[–] wieson@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Ever heard of afterburner?

[–] Marthirial@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

When someone takes a nightmare shit and extra vacuum is needed to sanitize the John.

[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago

It's for helping out those ground-based fans for sheep; every so often they stall, so an aeroplane drops by and pops out it's ram air turbine to get it going again. There's another one installed on other planes called a bovine_air_turbine when the same thing happens to those fans for cows.

[–] mdurell@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

When two planes like each other very, very much...

[–] Metalemming@lemm.ee 8 points 3 weeks ago

Its a propeller. It propells the airplane

When you put the plane in neutral.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Japanese rooftop lawnmower

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

It's actually a siren to warn people on the ground that it's a Boeing.

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

It hooks up to the smoothie blender.

[–] bluemellophone@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

For cutting up RATs on the runway.

[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago

Brake cooling fan. It looks really far away but it's a trick of the camera. This brakes get REALLY hot without the fan.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

My other guess, which is true, is that it attracts the birds and eagles that would otherwise be sucked into the engines.

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