How, exactly, does a jet engine make a plane go?
Well, I read the "big red letters at the top", so here goes:
How does a jet engine make a plane go?
According to the Wikipedia.org article on "jet engine", when the gasses emerging from the engine are faster than the speed of the aircraft, forward thrust is created.
I have heard a physicist say the above concept is incorrect. Instead, he says to focus on the combustion chamber of the engine. Fuel and air burn rapidly and that combustion pushes in all directions -- that part of the combustion in the forward direction pushes on the forward wall of the chamber, which is connected, ultimately, to the airframe, and pushes the plane forward. (The gasses emerging from rear of the chamber don't have as much to push against.)
Thank you for considering my question.