Re:MT-Propeller 11 blade propeller delivers 15% increase in ...
by buildbot on Friday January 06, 2023 @03:58PM
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I am not sure this is really correct - turbojets (as in fighter jets) sound more like what you describe, turbofans if I remember correctly, get most of the thrust (>70%?) from bypass air around the combustion, and very little from actual combustion thrust. It just also feeds it's own combustion chamber air to keep the fan part going.
Perhaps it is a fan if enclosed? Vs. a prop if not?
Re:MT-Propeller 11 blade propeller delivers 15% increase in ...
by imnotreallynew on Friday January 06, 2023 @04:15PM
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Most modern fighter jets have turbofan engines as well.
Re:MT-Propeller 11 blade propeller delivers 15% increase in ...
by justsomehnguy on Friday January 06, 2023 @05:40PM
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>Perhaps it is a fan if enclosed? Vs. a prop if not?
Stipa Caproni
Re:MT-Propeller 11 blade propeller delivers 15% increase in ...
by rbanffy on Friday January 06, 2023 @05:49PM
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Dear Lord! Half of the lift is due to the repulsion Earth feels from it.
Re:MT-Propeller 11 blade propeller delivers 15% increase in ...
by polishdude20 on Friday January 06, 2023 @03:59PM
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That's not true about a turbofan. A large part of the thrust is actually from the fan itself. The bypass air that never goes into the combustion chamber produces most of the thrust.
Linguistically, a prop becomes a fan when you anchor it to something immovable, or attach it to something movable but without any intention of propelling it using the prop.
Fan - try to move the air around, but not the thing it's attached to.
Prop - try to propel the thing it's attached to