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I think it does a fairly good job - I read through it in about one minute, and (having already spent some time studying jet engine principles) think it got the
by azernik 10y ago
I think it does a fairly good job - I read through it in about one minute, and (having already spent some time studying jet engine principles) think it got the essential concepts across. e.g. it doesn't use the word "bypass" but does explain the principle. In such a small amount of space and with the constraints on vocabulary/prior-knowledge assumptions of a mass audience, going into the design tradeoffs of different specific designs is overkill.
- PhantomGremlin 10y agoI think it does a fairly good job Yes, I agree. I also loved that they mentioned something I think is really cool --- the gas stream is hotter than the melting point of the turbine blades, and yet the designers have found an ingenious solution.