The air turborocket is a form of combined-cycle jet engine. The basic layout includes a gas generator, which produces high pressure gas, that drives a...

air in aerospace engineering is compressed air taken from the compressor stage of a gas turbine, upstream of its fuel-burning sections. Automatic air...

an air inlet which includes inlet guide vanes, a compressor, a combustion chamber, and a turbine (that drives the compressor). The compressed air from...

different types of air turborockets. The various types generally differ in how the gas generator section of the engine functions. Air turborockets are often referred...

and is capable of running statically (that is, it does not need to have air forced into its inlet, typically by forward motion). The best known example...

An air-start system is a power source used to provide the initial rotation to start large diesel engines and gas turbines. Compared to a gasoline (petrol)...

which the engine generates thrust because it increases the momentum of the air passing through it. Thrust depends on two things: the velocity of the exhaust...

airbreathing jet engine that requires forward motion of the engine to provide air for combustion. Ramjets work most efficiently at supersonic speeds around...

the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2019-11-02. "Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Kaman K-225". airandspace.si.edu. NASM. Retrieved January...

Turmo in Turbotrain (France) and Turboliner (United States) service. Air turborocket Free-piston engine Motorjet Rocket turbine engine Turbo-compound engine...

aircraft such as cruise missiles and target drones. A pulsejet engine is an air-breathing reaction engine that employs an ongoing sequence of discrete combustion...

sudden or inappropriate thrust lever movements, which resulted in incorrect air-fuel ratios in the combustion chamber. Modern engines are much more robust...

the air flows from stage to stage. The role of the rotor blades is to accelerate the incoming air for increasing the kinetic energy of the air. Then...

the Wright brothers. While some earlier engineers had attempted to model air propellers on marine propellers, the Wright Brothers realized that a propeller...

the compressor and air tank. Hybrid systems can be made simply by adding a cartridge breech or an air tank to an existing system. Air tanks can also be...

Reaction engines Turbines: Turbojet Turbofan Propfan Rocket-powered Air turborocket Air-augmented rocket Motorjet Pulsejet Valveless pulsejet Gluhareff Pressure...

disruption of airflow within the compressor which continues to provide compressed air, but with reduced effectiveness. Rotating stall arises when a small proportion...

the accessories – such as generators, pumps for fuel and lubrication oil, air compressors, hydraulic pumps and engine starters – that are otherwise essential...

While it did not achieve level flight, it was the first manned heavier-than-air powered flight. 1877: Enrico Forlanini built and flew a model steam-powered...

program launch. The company reported rotating detonations of a compressed fuel-air mixture in the presence of the supersonic airflow necessary for speeds above...

high-pressure air by the compression system. The combustor then heats this air at constant pressure as the fuel/air mix burns. As it burns the fuel/air mix heats...

as well as) driving a propeller, it drives a compressor. The compressed air is channeled into a combustion chamber, where fuel is injected and ignited...

replaced by electronic attitude and heading reference systems (AHRS) and air data computers (ADCs), improving reliability and reducing cost and maintenance...

burnt. In addition a condenser isn't required, giving a weight saving. Air turborocket Compressor map Hydrogen-cooled turbo generator Intercooler Sloop, John...

craft's radio transmitter and, in an emergency, could power an auxiliary air blower. One of the first military fixed-wing aircraft to use an APU was the...

control – Air traffic controllers' strike of 1981 – Air-to-ground communication – Air turborocket – Altimeter – Altiport – Altitude – Angel Flight – Angle...

around the perimeter of the engine nacelle that slides aft by means of an air motor. During normal operation, the reverse thrust vanes are blocked. On...

Developing Air Power for the United States Air Force During the First Century of Powered Flight. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio: U.S. Air Force Publications...

low, the mass of the air flowing through the propeller disk (thrust) causes a significant amount of tangential or rotational air flow to be created by...

microlights. When an aircraft is stationary with the propeller spinning (in calm air), the relative wind vector for each propeller blade is from the side. However...