TIL that passenger jet engines produce most of their thrust from fan at the front, not from the jet exhaust, and that this is called a high-bypass engine. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by Rilot t3_xzr6qa on October 9, 2022 at 5:29 PM in todayilearned 146 comments 1,426
Boomshrooom t1_irp8jlr wrote on October 9, 2022 at 11:59 PM No, the fans are there to cool the plane down, you can tell because when they stop in the air the pilot starts to sweat. Permalink 51 shadowphlare t1_irrc1rz wrote on October 10, 2022 at 1:33 PM Amazing dad joke 10/10 Permalink Parent 3
shadowphlare t1_irrc1rz wrote on October 10, 2022 at 1:33 PM Amazing dad joke 10/10 Permalink Parent 3
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