On jet engines the cowling/housing is suppose to contain the blade shrapnel.
On a piston engine, as seen in the picture, the cylinder is never suppose to become detached from the engine block. There are a few ways a cylinder can detach, but most likely is lack of maintenance.
Isn’t… the engine cowling supposed to prevent that sort of thing from occurring?
On jet engines the cowling/housing is suppose to contain the blade shrapnel.
On a piston engine, as seen in the picture, the cylinder is never suppose to become detached from the engine block. There are a few ways a cylinder can detach, but most likely is lack of maintenance.
The skin of that cowling doesn’t look thick enough to do more than streamlining. You’re thinking of the containment ring found in jet engines.
Nope - contain blades on jets yes but the cowling isn’t going to stop a solid metal chunk that the head didn’t stop.