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Old 3rd July 2001 | 02:32
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john_tullamarine
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A large proportion of the engine's thrust comes from pressure differentials across the sidewall structures, especially in the inlet nacelle area. The idea of "suction" across the fan is not really valid, in the same way as for propellers.

The following thread in this forum has some interesting data for a pointy aircraft which goes quite quickly...

"Concorde's engines at Mach 2"