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Generally speaking, airplane engines avoid gearboxes for reliability reasons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geared_turbofan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geare
by redis_mlc 7y ago
Generally speaking, airplane engines avoid gearboxes for reliability reasons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geared_turbofan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geared_turbofan
- FlyMoreRockets 7y agoUnlike helicopters, where they are used to drive the tail rotor. Even though dual disk helicopters don't need a tail rotor, they still need a gearbox to balance torque between the disks.
- bkev 7y agoA conventional helicopter might not need to drive the tail rotor mechanically in this manner for much longer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJUgmeSYox4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJUgmeSYox4