Yes Sir! Thank you. That's the reason I recorded this video. GE was in the house balancing this engine and I took the opportunity to record it while they had the engine open.

Well, "open" as far as the cowlings and bypass duct is concerned. I didn't get to look inside of the engine itself, but hey, it still is a pretty cool view in my opinion anyway. Nice to hear from you again.

I agree! That'd be awesome!

Would have been a horrible idea

Hello Adam, why would it have been a terrible idea? Care to elaborate?

Well, those blades can take quite a bit of damage and it can be blended out or filed away before it becomes scrap. You would be surprised how much material can be taken away and still be functional, as long as the whole assembly is rebalanced. But yes the cost of replacing one of those discs would be astronomical but the chances of that happening are small enough I guess that would justify the cost. Like you said, I'm sure GE considered all that before making that decision.

Temperature ir the reason for the discoloration. That's the hotest part of the engine. It gets hot enough to change the color of the metal but not enough to damage it.

I agree. That would be cool and it would give the mighty B-52 a whole new life.

@@planesimple8514 just found out Rolls-Royce won 3 days ago

Hello Robert S, sorry I took so long to reply. Yes! I saw. Well, I'm ok with that decision too. The US still has stakes in RR. And, as a guy that works on Bombardier products that use those same engines, I like to see the market support for them grow. Either way, the good news is that the B-52 will live on!

Yep!

Thank you.