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5. Fans on jet engines move air more efficiently than combustion alone.

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 12:33 AM

Mar 26

It's a combination. Props alone don't have the combustive thrust.

This is pretty easy to grasp.

https://pilotinstitute.com/turbofan-vs-turbojet/

And more complex:

https://www.century-of-flight.net/turbojet-vs-turbofan-explained/

Hmmmm. Interesting.

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Airbus to test radical engine design for successor to A320 [View all] usonian Mar 25 OP

Fans are efficient, and efficiency is the name of the game. usonian Mar 26 #2

I don't see the advantage over a turbo-prop... Hugin Mar 26 #3

Turbo-props vs turbo-fans vs turbo-jets... Hugin Mar 26 #7

The OP article says... Hugin Tuesday #9

Kim-1 and MC6800 computers LastDemocratInSC Mar 26 #4

I still have a couple. An entire COSMAC evaluation kit. usonian Mar 26 #6