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I'm not an airplane engine expert, but they show a compressor and turbine blade. Would that make it a jet turbine?
by aphyr 16y ago
I'm not an airplane engine expert, but they show a compressor and turbine blade. Would that make it a jet turbine?
- ominous_prime 16y agoThe term "jet" (or turbojet) tends to mean that the thrust comes from the exhaust of the engine, and all the turbine's power is put back into the compressor. In a gas turbine, the turbine captures more energy from the combustion to drive a driveshaft, and the excess exhaust is dumped (or in this case, used as additional thrust for control).