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Old 21st November 2011 | 20:03
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If the turbine engine didn't have a compressor, then the turbine is just a spinning disc getting in the way. It has to drive something

actually it won't spin unless there is a pressure drop across it. The turbine needs a forced movement of air through it.
Erm, I don't quite understand your point.

EG. A ram jet with a turbine stuck up it's arris. Pointless but you get my drift?
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