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  2. Thrust - Wikipedia

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    A fixed-wing aircraft propulsion system generates forward thrust when air is pushed in the direction opposite to flight. This can be done by different means such as the spinning blades of a propeller, the propelling jet of a jet engine, or by ejecting hot gases from a rocket engine. [4]

  3. Components of jet engines - Wikipedia

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    This is the case on many large aircraft such as the 747, C-17, KC-10, etc. If you are on an aircraft and you hear the engines increasing in power after landing, it is usually because the thrust reversers are deployed. The engines are not actually spinning in reverse, as the term may lead you to believe.

  4. Jet engine - Wikipedia

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    All of the above considerations are basic to the engine running on its own and, at the same time, doing nothing useful, i.e. it is not moving an aircraft or supplying energy for the aircraft's electrical, hydraulic and air systems. In the aircraft the engine gives away some of its thrust-producing potential, or fuel, to power these systems.

  5. Jet engine performance - Wikipedia

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    The thrust force from a stationary engine becomes thrust power when an aircraft is moving under its influence. Zhemchuzhin et al. [27] show an energy balance for a turbojet engine in flight in the form of a Sankey diagram. Component losses leave the engine as waste heat and add to the heat rejected area on a T~s diagram reducing the work area ...

  6. Aircraft engine - Wikipedia

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    An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Aircraft using power components are referred to as powered flight . [ 1 ] Most aircraft engines are either piston engines or gas turbines , although a few have been rocket powered and in recent years many small UAVs have used ...

  7. Jet propulsion - Wikipedia

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    Jet propulsion is produced by some reaction engines or animals when thrust is generated by a fast moving jet of fluid in accordance with Newton's laws of motion.It is most effective when the Reynolds number is high—that is, the object being propelled is relatively large and passing through a low-viscosity medium.

  8. Throttle - Wikipedia

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    What is often termed a throttle (in an aviation context) is also called a thrust lever, particularly for jet engine powered aircraft. For a steam locomotive, the valve which controls the steam is known as the regulator.

  9. Reaction engine - Wikipedia

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    A reaction engine is an engine or motor that produces thrust by expelling reaction mass (reaction propulsion), [1] in accordance with Newton's third law of motion. This law of motion is commonly paraphrased as: "For every action force there is an equal, but opposite, reaction force."