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    This article briefly describes the components and systems found in jet engines. Major components of a turbojet including references to turbofans, turboprops...
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    turbofan, ramjet, pulse jet, or scramjet. In general, jet engines are internal combustion engines. Air-breathing jet engines typically feature a rotating...
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    (or reheat in British English) is an additional combustion component used on some jet engines, mostly those on military supersonic aircraft. Its purpose...
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  • Coffman engine starter - A similar system which uses an explosive cartridge to supply gas pressure. Aircraft engine starting Components of jet engines Flame...
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  • system to start their Napier Sabre engines. Cartridge starters used on a number of jet engines, including such engines as the Rolls-Royce Avon, which were...
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    Fuel control unit (category Engine fuel system technology)
    Honeywell Tarco Automation Woodward Index of aviation articles Aircraft engine Components of jet engines Jet engine Propfan Turbojet Turbofan Turboprop Turboshaft...
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  • Database Engine (also Office Access Connectivity Engine or ACE and formerly Microsoft Jet Database Engine, Microsoft JET Engine or simply Jet) is a database...
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    The new jets would feature improved engines that would be more fuel efficient and take advantage of new technologies. Beyond the new engines, the E2 family...
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  • Alternatively a heat exchanger may be used, as in a nuclear-powered jet engine. Most modern jet engines are turbofans, which are more fuel efficient than turbojets...
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    A four-engined jet, sometimes called a quadjet, is a jet aircraft powered by four engines. The presence of four engines offers increased power and redundancy...
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  • Howmet Aerospace (category Aerospace companies of the United States)
    company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company manufactures components for jet engines, fasteners, titanium structures for aerospace applications, and...
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    had a single BMW 003E jet engine in a pod mounted over the fuselage. Stealthy designs do not use podded engines. Instead the engines are contained within...
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    Turbofan (redirect from Jet engine spool)
    or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft propulsion. The word "turbofan" is a combination of references to the preceding...
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    Ramjet (redirect from Ram jet engine)
    A ramjet is a form of airbreathing jet engine that requires forward motion of the engine to provide air for combustion. Ramjets work most efficiently...
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    Turboexpander Gas-generator cycle Staged combustion cycle Expander cycle Components of jet engines Rakete zu den Planetenräumen; 1923 Neufeld, Michael J. (1995)...
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  • Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (category Defence companies of the People's Republic of China)
    and manufacturing civilian and military aircraft and related components including jet engines, as well as UAVs such as SYAC UAV. Aircraft produced by SAC...
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    gas-turbine engines. It is colorless to straw-colored in appearance. The most commonly used fuels for commercial aviation are Jet A and Jet A-1, which...
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    S-duct (category Aircraft propulsion components)
    was designed with an S-duct layout, but never built. Components of jet engines Variable cycle engine Wikimedia Commons has media related to S-ducts. The...
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  • Whittle in Britain and Hans von Ohain in Germany, whose turbojet engines powered the first jet aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s. Germany’s Junkers Jumo 004...
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    Axial compressors are integral to the design of large gas turbines such as jet engines, high speed ship engines, and small scale power stations. They are...
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    Pulsejet (redirect from Pulse-Jet Engines)
    A pulsejet engine (or pulse jet) is a type of jet engine in which combustion occurs in pulses. A pulsejet engine can be made with few or no moving parts...
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    Accessory drive (category Jet engine technology)
    breather air vent. Also access for hand-turning the engine, during ground maintenance. Components of jet engines Fuel control unit Nose bullet Wikimedia Commons...
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  • Propelling nozzle (redirect from Jet nozzle)
    130/131 engines the thrust from the multi-ejector exhausts were equivalent to an extra 70bhp per-engine at full-throttle height. Components of jet engines De...
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  • Thumbnail for Turbine engine failure
    turbine engines can also fail, such as ground-based turbines used in power plants or combined diesel and gas vessels and vehicles. Turbine engines in use...
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    these engines were named "Marauder". This series of engines usually weighed over 650 lb (295 kg). In 1960 Ford created a high-performance version of the...
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    The PowerJet SaM146 is a turbofan engine produced by the PowerJet joint venture between Snecma (Safran) of France and NPO Saturn of Russia. Developing...
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    sometimes Wankel engines. Powered aircraft typically use an ICE which may be a reciprocating engine. Airplanes can instead use jet engines and helicopters...
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  • Bleed air (redirect from Engine bleed air)
    near the cabin, where a leak could damage surrounding systems. Components of jet engines "777 Bleed Air". Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved...
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  • Index of aviation articles Components of jet engines List of aircraft engines Chamis, Christos C. and Isaiah M. Blankson."Exo-Skeletal Engine – Novel...
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    of July 2024[update]. In 2022, Sukhoi announced a Russified version of the body and electronics, without most of the Western components. The engines were...
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