Clay_Statue t1_irp3ab5 wrote on October 9, 2022 at 11:16 PM Reply to comment by Ok-disaster2022 in TIL that passenger jet engines produce most of their thrust from fan at the front, not from the jet exhaust, and that this is called a high-bypass engine. by Rilot I'm impressed that they could figure this out 80 years ago with slide rules and data tables. Permalink Parent 22
Clay_Statue t1_irp3ab5 wrote
Reply to comment by Ok-disaster2022 in TIL that passenger jet engines produce most of their thrust from fan at the front, not from the jet exhaust, and that this is called a high-bypass engine. by Rilot
I'm impressed that they could figure this out 80 years ago with slide rules and data tables.