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Re:Why it's so hard to build a jet engine by bilsbie on Friday February 28, 2025 @10:33PM (#43215526)
Would electrics be ducted jet engines but with a motor instead of a gas turbine?
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Re:Why it's so hard to build a jet engine by rich_sasha on Saturday March 01, 2025 @02:55AM (#43217049)
I think they would basically be just the fan bit of a turbofan (where they replace a turbofan). A turbofan generates some of its thrust from the fast, hot exhaust, which you wouldn't have in an electric fan engine.

Not sure about electrifying engines for slower planes, that currently use turboprops. Would that be an electric prop too?

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