Goarnaut
My remark wasn't meant to denigrate anybody's work, and with hindsight I can see that the same criticism of my words could be applied to all those people who struggle to improve the efficiency of all the component parts of an engine. They all care very much.
What I really meant to say was that people OUTSIDE the engine companies don't really care about the fine distinctions.
Crabman
I can understand that 63% of the thrust is transferred to the aircraft through the inlet duct
That was exactly the message I was trying to convey