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> Another reason for the higher efficiency of open-rotor > engines is that, unlike traditional engines, they do > not have a casing around the propeller. "Tr
by DLWormwood 18y ago
> Another reason for the higher efficiency of open-rotor
> engines is that, unlike traditional engines, they do
> not have a casing around the propeller.
"Traditional" engines? Isn't this nomenclature a little backwards, given that propellers pre-date jet engines?
EDIT: I still haven't figured out how to quote correctly here... this site seems to only use a tiny subset of Markdown.
- jcl 18y agoThere is no correct way to quote. You can either use italics or quotes, but there is no markup that will trigger the blockquote HTML tag. There is a "help" link next to the edit text box (but not the reply text box, for some reason): http://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc http://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc