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2. Ducted fan - Wikipedia

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   In aeronautics, a ducted fan is a thrust-generating mechanical fan or propeller mounted within a cylindrical duct or shroud. Other terms include ducted propeller or shrouded propeller . [ 1 ] When used in vertical takeoff and landing ( VTOL ) applications it is also known as a shrouded rotor .

3. Propulsive efficiency - Wikipedia

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   = is the heat energy delivered to the low-temperature system (heat sink). (It is positive because heat is added to the sink.) (It is positive because heat is added to the sink.) In other words, a heat engine absorbs heat from some heat source, converting part of it to useful work, and delivering the rest to a heat sink at lower temperature.

4. Propfan - Wikipedia

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   A propfan, also called an open rotor engine, open fan engine [1] [2] or unducted fan (as opposed to a ducted fan), is a type of aircraft engine related in concept to both the turboprop and turbofan, but distinct from both. The design is intended to offer the speed and performance of a turbofan, with the fuel economy of a turboprop.

5. Airbreathing jet engine - Wikipedia

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   All practical airbreathing jet engines heat the air by burning fuel. [1] Alternatively a heat exchanger may be used, as in a nuclear-powered jet engine. [6] Most modern jet engines are turbofans, which are more fuel efficient than turbojets because the thrust supplied by the gas turbine is augmented by bypass air passing through a ducted fan. [4]

6. Fan (machine) - Wikipedia

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   Building heating and cooling systems commonly use squirrel-cage fans driven by separate electric motors connected by belts. Standalone fans are usually powered by an electric motor, often attached directly to the motor's output, with no gears or belts. The motor is either hidden in the fan's center hub or extends behind it.

7. Fenestron - Wikipedia

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   The Fenestron's disadvantages are those common to all ducted fans when compared to propellers. They include: Greater weight, [23] power requirement, [24] and air resistance brought by the enclosure; Higher construction and purchasing cost. [19] Increase in power required during the hover phase of flight. [19]

8. Flying car - Wikipedia

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   The proposed Autovolantor model had an all-electric version powered by Altairnano batteries. [28] The company has been dormant since 2015. In the mid-1980s, former Boeing engineer Fred Barker founded Flight Innovations Inc. and began the development of the Sky Commuter, a small duct fans-based VTOL aircraft.

9. Ford Model T engine - Wikipedia

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   Cutaway view of the fuel system for the Ford Model T engine, showing the gravity-feed fuel supply, carburetor cutaway, and intake stream. [4] The Ford Model T engine had one carburetor, a side-draft, single-venturi unit. Its choke and throttle valves were controlled manually; the latter was with a hand lever rather than a foot pedal. The ...