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Propellers have limits to how fast they can push - or pull - an airplane through the air. The limits are caused by the dynamics of airflow over the propeller blade itself, which is basically just a small wing. The jet engine allowed airplanes to fly much faster, faster than the speed of sound. Special types of jet engines, like those used on the SR-71 allow the airplane to fly faster than three times the speed of sound. Newer types of engines, called "scramjets", can push an airplane up to 6, 7 and even 8 times the speed of sound.
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A device powered either by a piston engine and prop or by a jet engine?
Airplane is a device powered either by a piston engine and prop or by a jet engine.
What impact did the jet engine have on the world?
The jet engine made the world smaller by making travel time shorter. Also,helped to get humans into outer space. These are just a few things the jet engine did.
Who invented the valveless pulse jet engine?
Paul Schmidt in cooperation with the Argus Engine company
What was the first non axis jet plane to see combat?
Gloucester Tornado, a British jet fighter plane developed in 1943-4 saw combat after D-Day in France.Jet engine designed by Sir Frank Whittle, first real jet engine after German V-1 ram jet. See reference to Whittle in "Answers". PCH=Gloster Meteor
What is a jet engine jet pipe?
Air intake and exhaust. Air comes into the intake located at the front of the aircraft and exits at the rear of the aircraft. This is such a load of crap! A jet pipe is located at the back of an engine, just after the exhaust! It is connected with a gas tight sealing ring and just before the propelling nozzle. And pipes the exhaust gasses out of the fuselage/Wing... A/C engineer.
What is louder a jet engine or a drill?
jet engine
Who was the inventor of the jet engine?
Frank Whittle was the invetor of the jet engine.
Where to buy a mini jet engine?
You can but a mini jet engine on ebay.
How does a pulse jet engine work?
A Pulse Jet is a type of jet that uses a pulse jet engine for propulsion. The jet engine works by using pulse combinations of combustion. This is called "resonant combustion". The engine requires very little moving parts.
Where is the jet engine from?
The Germans invented the first operational jet engine during WW2.
What was the first jet engine made of?
jet metel
What is use for jet fuel?
The combustion of the jet fuel in the engine of a jet aircraft propells the craft forward when it exits the nozzles of the jet engine(s) at high speed.
What city or town in England was the jet engine invented?
Gloucester is where the first jet engine was developed .
How heavy are jet engines?
It depends on the engine. The weight of the jet engine varies from 542lbs to 13842lbs.
Who invent jet engine first?
Frank Whittle invented and built the first Jet Engine.
How many hertz in a jet engine?
If you're referring to the power of the engine, it is not in hertz. The power of of a jet engine is measured in pounds.
A device powered either by a piston engine and prop or by a jet engine?
Airplane is a device powered either by a piston engine and prop or by a jet engine.
