Gl0balCD t1_irppcua wrote on October 10, 2022 at 2:15 AM

Reply to comment by fuzzy9691 in 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. by Rilot

To be fair, it's one of the few industries with standardized language over the entire world.

BobbyP27 t1_irsb4zr wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:37 PM

I've worked for two different aero-engine companies, one based in Europe and one based in the US. There are significant differences in terminology between them. There is also the issue that the engines spin the other way.