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I'm not sure why these are being described as "wild looking" - they just look like a larger version of the engines you get on smaller turboprop planes - is it j
by GordonS 5y ago
I'm not sure why these are being described as "wild looking" - they just look like a larger version of the engines you get on smaller turboprop planes - is it just me?
- echelon 5y agoLooks like a C-130 to me.
- monkmartinez 5y agoI was expecting something totally different. It looks a lot like those contra-rotating Russian prop planes... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-95 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-95
- domador 5y agoWe're just not used to seeing them on large jets these days. We're so used to encased engines that hide away its mechanism. To me, propellers feel like old, slow, noisy technology, even if they are efficient at keeping small planes up in the air. I'm sure they'd eventually look normal on jets, if this technology works out, but right now they look very unusual.
- GordonS 5y agoI fly (or flew, before the pandemic) on small turboprop planes fairly frequently, mostly between Scotland and Norway, and between different parts of Norway, from maybe 20 seats up to 40 - they are a common sight in small city airports. They are indeed very, very noisy - inside the cabin, you almost have to shout to be heard. It's a strange kind of loud though, in that it always seems to make me sleepy!
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 5y agoIt's hard to see from the front view, but in each engine, there are two rotors, one just behind the other. I can't recall seeing that on other engines. There's an image of it further down the page.
- NikolaeVarius 5y agoContra rotating props have been used since the early 1900s
- giardini 5y agoThere is one rotor and a static "stator" behind it. Only the rotor rotates.