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Forum: Tech Log

28th Feb 2012, 23:31

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Why do turbine engines require a compressor section

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Posted By Lyman

the rate of any

Hmm. Reverse flow (architecture) supercharging packs gobs more fuel and air into its engine.

Those whose purpose it is to go fast aren't always the huggy fluffs who insist on good economy....

Forum: Tech Log

22nd Feb 2012, 14:39

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Why do turbine engines require a compressor section

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Posted By Lyman

jh5speed, rudderrat Hmmm. Save the coal for...

jh5speed, rudderrat

Hmmm. Save the coal for your children at Christmas, seal the bellows at the top of the flue and have your valet pump the bellows into the chimney in reverse flow. Change the...

Forum: Tech Log

22nd Feb 2012, 00:41

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Why do turbine engines require a compressor section

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Posted By Lyman

Keeping the gas going in the "right direction" is...

Keeping the gas going in the "right direction" is everything to do with propulsion.

The starting cycle is a simple way of understanding the need for compression. Without compression, there is no...

Forum: Tech Log

20th Feb 2012, 22:31

Replies: 155

Why do turbine engines require a compressor section

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Posted By Lyman

I like Chris Weston's comment about compression....

I like Chris Weston's comment about compression. Isn't it the reason computers, geting smaller, also get faster? The Physics is similar? Faster is better. And faster implies proximity, yes?

Forum: Tech Log

1st Dec 2011, 00:11

Replies: 155

Why do turbine engines require a compressor section

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Posted By Lyman

barit1 Add a second nozzle pointing in the...

barit1

Add a second nozzle pointing in the opposite direction from the one you started with, on the other side of the reaction chamber.

The Third law is honored, and movement (velocity) is...

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