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Originally Posted by TarJak
The main reason for no grille on the engines is that if anything does get stopped it would likely mess up the air intake and cause a loss of power anyway with no way to get rid of it whilst flying.
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One of the main reasons is because the 'grille' would build up ice, the ice would eventually break off and get ingested.... not good.
I saw a film somewhere where they were testing the GE engines that hang from an airbus, they fired all kinds of crap into the engine. More water than could ever be possibly found in a rainstorm, big chunks of ice, and turkeys.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoID=12096296
The engines dont seem to have any trouble dealing with them.
But as they say stuff happens and it usually happens at the worst time (take off).